kintaka

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese kintaka (“letter”), cintaka, from Sanskrit चिन्तक (cintaka, “thinker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɪnˈtaka]
• Hyphenation: kin‧ta‧ka

Noun

kintaka (first-person possessive kintakaku, second-person possessive kintakamu, third-person possessive kintakanya)

1. letter.

   Synonym: surat

Derived terms

• perkintakaan

 

Further reading

• “kintaka” 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.