kaki tangan
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See also: kakitangan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kaki (“foot”) + tangan (“hand”).
Noun
[edit]kaki tangan (first-person possessive kaki tanganku, second-person possessive kaki tanganmu, third-person possessive kaki tangannya)
Usage notes
[edit]The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kakitangan.
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kaki tangan” 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.