tonase

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed ton +‎ -ase, from Dutch tonnage, from Middle French tonnage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toˈnasə]
• Hyphenation: to‧na‧sê

Noun

tonasê (first-person possessive tonaseku, second-person possessive tonasemu, third-person possessive tonasenya)

1. tonnage:
   1. the capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
   2. the number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.

Alternative forms

• tanan (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bertonase

 

Further reading

• “tonase” 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.