basantara
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of bahasa (“language”) + perantara (“intermediary”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]basantara (first-person possessive basantaraku, second-person possessive basantaramu, third-person possessive basantaranya)
- lingua franca
- Synonyms: bahasa dagang, bahasa pasar
Further reading
[edit]- “basantara” 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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ꦧꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (basantara)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Javanese basantara (“lingua franca”); a portmanteau of ꦧꦱ (basa, “language”) + ꦲꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (antara, “intermediary”).
Noun
[edit]basantara
- (linguistics) lingua franca, a common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.