kosakata

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of Dutch woordenschat (“vocabulary”, literally “word treasure”) as kosa +‎ kata (“word”). The word kosa is from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, treasury, store”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kosaˈkata/ [ko.saˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ko‧sa‧ka‧ta

Noun

kosakata (first-person possessive kosakataku, second-person possessive kosakatamu, third-person possessive kosakatanya)

1. (linguistics) vocabulary

   Synonym: perbendaharaan kata

Alternative forms

• kosa kata (nonstandard)

Further reading

• “kosakata” 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.