wadah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay wadah, from Javanese ꦮꦝꦃ (wadhah, “container, receptacle”), from Old Javanese waḍah (“vessel, container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.dah/
• Rhymes: -dah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: wa‧dah

Noun

wadah (plural wadah-wadah, first-person possessive wadahku, second-person possessive wadahmu, third-person possessive wadahnya)

1. container, receptacle.
2. association

   Synonym: perhimpunan

Derived terms

• berwadahkan
• diwadahi
• mewadahi
• terwadahi

 

Related terms

• tadah

 

Further reading

• “wadah” 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.