kepala negara

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kepala +‎ negara, calque of Dutch staatshoofd (“head of state”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpala nəˈɡara/

Noun

kepala negara (plural kepala-kepala negara, first-person possessive kepala negaraku, second-person possessive kepala negaramu, third-person possessive kepala negaranya)

1. head of state

Synonyms

• ketua negara (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kepala negara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.