berantas

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay berantas, affixed rantas +‎ ber-, from Javanese ꦧꦿꦤ꧀ꦠꦱ꧀ (brantas, “to wipe out, to remove”). Compare with Minangkabau barantas, Malay banteras, Classical Malay بنترس (banteras).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈrantas/ [bəˈran̪.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -antas
• Syllabification: be‧ran‧tas

Verb

bêrantas

1. to eradicate

Alternative forms

• banteras (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• diberantas
• memberantas
• pemberantas
• pemberantasan

Further reading

• “berantas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016