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Etymology

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Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch informatie (information), from Middle French informacion, enformacion (Modern French information), and their source, Latin īnfōrmātiō (formation, conception; education), from the participle stem of īnfōrmō (to inform). Cognate with Afrikaans informasie (information).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /infɔrmasi/
  • Hyphenation: in‧for‧ma‧si

Noun

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informasi (first-person possessive informasiku, second-person possessive informasimu, third-person possessive informasinya)

  1. explanation
    Synonyms: penjelasan, penerangan
  2. announcement
    Synonyms: pengumuman, wara-wara, uar-uar, maklumat, pemberitahuan, siaran, urit, urita, warta, warita, berita, kabar, kisah
  3. information, knowledge
    Synonyms: embaran, info

Conjugation

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Conjugation of informasi (meng-, transitive)
Root informasi
Active Involuntary /
Perfective
Passive Basic /
Imperative
Jussive
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 menginformasikan terinformasikan diinformasikan informasikan informasikanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

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