mayoritas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin māiōritās, from Latin māiōr (“greater”). Reanalysed as mayor +‎ -itas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [majoˈrit̪as]
• Hyphenation: ma‧yo‧ri‧tas

Noun

mayoritas (plural mayoritas-mayoritas, first-person possessive mayoritasku, second-person possessive mayoritasmu, third-person possessive mayoritasnya)

1. majority: more than half (50%) of some group.

   Antonym: minoritas

Alternative forms

• majoriti (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Compounds

• mayoritas biasa
• mayoritas mutlak
• mayoritas tunggal

 

Further reading

• “mayoritas” 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.