kata sifat
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
- From Malay kata sifat. Reconstructed as kata + sifat.
- Semantic loan from Arabic صِفَات (ṣifāt), plural of صِفَة (ṣifa, “adjective”) for adjective sense.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kata sifat (first-person possessive kata sifatku, second-person possessive kata sifatmu, third-person possessive kata sifatnya)
- (linguistics) adjective.
- Synonym: adjektiva
Further reading edit
- “kata sifat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Noun edit
kata sifat (Jawi spelling کات صيفت, plural kata-kata sifat, informal 1st possessive kata sifatku, 2nd possessive kata sifatmu, 3rd possessive kata sifatnya)