mahkota

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mahkota (compare Javanese ꦩꦏꦸꦛ (makutha)), from Pali makuṭa, from a Dravidian term (compare Tamil முகடு (mukaṭu), Sanskrit मुकुट (mukuṭa, “crown”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mahˈkota/ [mahˈko.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: mah‧ko‧ta

Noun

mahkota (plural mahkota-mahkota, first-person possessive mahkotaku, second-person possessive mahkotamu, third-person possessive mahkotanya)

1. crown:
   1. (literal) diadem: a royal, imperial or princely headdress.
   2. (metonymically) king: the sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.

      Synonym: raja

   3. imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
2. (figurative) treasure
3. (botany) ellipsis of mahkota bunga (“petal, corolla”).

Alternative forms

• makota

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bermahkota [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memahkotai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• pemahkotaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

• mahkota alam
• mahkota bunga
• mahkota daun
• mahkota dewa
• mahkota gigi
• mahkota hati
• mahkota jiwa
• mahkota negeri
• mahkota tambahan
• mahkota zakar

 

Further reading

• “mahkota” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali makuṭa, from a Dravidian term (compare modern Tamil முகடு (mukaṭu), Sanskrit मुकुट (mukuṭa, “crown”)).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /mah.ko.tə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mah.ko.ta/
• Rhymes: -otə, -tə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

Noun

mahkota (Jawi spelling مهکوتا, plural mahkota-mahkota, informal 1st possessive mahkotaku, 2nd possessive mahkotamu, 3rd possessive mahkotanya)

1. crown (royal headdress)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bermahkota [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memahkotai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• pemahkotaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: mahkota
• → Maguindanao: markota
• → Tausug: mahakutta'

Further reading

• "mahkota" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “mahkota” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.