kosakata
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Dutch woordenschat (“vocabulary”, literally “word treasure”) as kosa + kata (“word”). The word kosa is from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, treasury, store”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kosakata (first-person possessive kosakataku, second-person possessive kosakatamu, third-person possessive kosakatanya)
- (linguistics) vocabulary.
- Synonym: perbendaharaan kata
Alternative forms[edit]
- kosa kata (nonstandard)
Further reading[edit]
- “kosakata” 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.