kolokasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed ko- +‎ lokasi, from Dutch collocatie, from Latin collocātiō (“a putting together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koloˈkasi]
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ka‧si
• Rhymes: -si, -i

Noun

kolokasi (first-person possessive kolokasiku, second-person possessive kolokasimu, third-person possessive kolokasinya)

1. collocation:
   1. (linguistics) collocation: The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
   2. (linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

Derived terms

• berkolokasi

 

Further reading

• “kolokasi” 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.