cerita

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tjerita (1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay cerita (“story”), from Classical Malay cetera (“story”), from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, “course of life”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈrita/ [t͡ʃəˈri.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ce‧ri‧ta

Noun

cêrita

1. story

Derived terms

• bercerita
• ceritaan
• diceritai
• diceritakan
• menceritai
• menceritakan
• pencerita
• penceritaan

Related terms

• wiracarita

Further reading

• “cerita”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, “course of life”). Compare Tagalog salita (“declaration”). Doublet of cetera and ceritera.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈritə/ [t͡ʃəˈri.t̪ə]
• (Baku, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈrita/ [t͡ʃəˈri.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧ta

Noun

cerita (Jawi spelling چريتا, plural cerita-cerita or cerita²)

1. story

   Synonyms: kisah, royat, riwayat

2. (Malaysia, informal) any televised or screened show (movies, television etc)

Derived terms

Affixations

• bercerita
• diceritakan
• menceritakan
• pencerita
• penceritaan

Compounds

• cerita pokok
• cerita rakyat
• cerita ranting
• cerita rekaan
• jalan cerita

Descendants

• > Indonesian: cerita (inherited)

References

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 225

Further reading

• "cerita" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cerite (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧ta

Noun

cerita f (plural ceritas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (mineralogy) cerite

Further reading

• “cerita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cerita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026