tetangga

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as reduplication of tangga, from Malay tetangga, from setangga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [təˈtaŋɡa]

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• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: tê‧tang‧ga

Noun

têtangga (first-person possessive tetanggaku, second-person possessive tetanggamu, third-person possessive tetangganya)

1. neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)

   Tetanggaku itu sering memutar lagu pada pagi hari.

   My neighbor often plays songs in the morning.

Synonyms

• setangga

Derived terms

• bertetangga
• pertetanggaan

 

Further reading

• “tetangga” 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.