watak

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay watak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.taʔ/
• Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: wa‧tak

Noun

watak (plural watak-watak, first-person possessive watakku, second-person possessive watakmu, third-person possessive wataknya)

1. (literature) character: a literary description of a character type

   Synonym: karakter

Derived terms

• berwatak
• mewataki
• perwatakan

 

• watak agresif
• watak kompleks oedipus

 

Further reading

• “watak” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

watak

1. Romanization of ꦮꦠꦏ꧀

Malay

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧tak
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

watak (Jawi spelling واتق, plural watak-watak, informal 1st possessive watakku, 2nd possessive watakmu, 3rd possessive wataknya)

1. character (being in a story)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perwatakan (“characteristics of someone”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Further reading

• “watak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• uatac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈtak/ [wɐˈtak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: wa‧tak

Adjective

waták (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜃ᜔)

1. separated; divided; disunited

   Synonyms: kalat, hiwalay, magkalayo, tangkalag

Noun

waták (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜃ᜔)

1. state or condition of being disunited or widely separated from one another

   Synonyms: kalat, hiwalay, layo, tiwalag, tagaktak

Derived terms

• magwatak
• magwatak-watak
• pagkawatak
• pagwatak
• pagwatak-watakin
• pinagwatak-watak
• watak-watak
• watakin
• winatak-watak

 

References

• “watak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018