pengacara
Indonesian
Etymology
peng- + acara (“court examination”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pêngacara
Usage notes
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 pengacara.
Further reading
- “pengacara” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Noun
pengacara (Jawi spelling ڤڠاچارا, plural pengacara-pengacara, informal 1st possessive pengacaraku, 2nd possessive pengacaramu, 3rd possessive pengacaranya)
Usage notes
The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian pengacara.
Further reading
- “pengacara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms prefixed with peng-
- Indonesian 4-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ra
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ra/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/a
- Rhymes:Indonesian/a/4 syllables
- Indonesian non-lemma forms
- Indonesian noun forms
- Malay terms prefixed with peng-
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns