tetikus
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Partial reduplication of tikus (“mouse, rat”), from Malay tetikus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tetikus (first-person possessive tetikusku, second-person possessive tetikusmu, third-person possessive tetikusnya)
Further reading edit
- “tetikus” 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 edit
Etymology edit
Partial reduplication of tikus (“mouse, rat”). Calque of English mouse
Noun edit
tetikus (Jawi spelling تتيکوس, plural tetikus-tetikus, informal 1st possessive tetikusku, 2nd possessive tetikusmu, 3rd possessive tetikusnya)
- (computing) mouse
- 2015 April 24, Alzahrin Alias, “Tetikus pengesan nadi [Mouse with a heart rate sensor]”, in Berita Harian[1]:
- Jika bermain permainan video di komputer, perkara utama yang perlu dititik beratkan adalah penggunaan tetikus yang sesuai dan menjadikan permainan video itu menjadi lebih menarik.
- When playing video games on a computer, the main thing you must focus on is using the right mouse and making the video games more fun.
Further reading edit
- “tetikus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.