laras bahasa

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of laras +‎ bahasa, inherited from Malay laras bahasa.

Noun

laras bahasa (first-person possessive laras bahasaku, second-person possessive laras bahasamu, third-person possessive laras bahasanya)

1. (linguistics) register: a style of a language used in a particular context, which is related to honorific.

   Synonym: warna bahasa

Further reading

• “laras bahasa” 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.