dekstra

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian destro, Latin dexter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdekstra/

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• Rhymes: -ekstra
• Hyphenation: deks‧tra

Adjective

dekstra (accusative singular dekstran, plural dekstraj, accusative plural dekstrajn)

1. right (opposite of left).
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 15:12.

     Vi etendis Vian dekstran manon,
     Kaj ilin englutis la tero.

     You stretched out Your right hand,
     And the earth swallowed them.

   Antonyms: (neologism, nonstandard, rare) liva, maldekstra

Derived terms

• dekstre
• dekstrulo (“right-handed person; right-wing person”)
• dekstruma (“clockwise”)
• maldekstrulo (“left-handed person; left-wing person”)
• maldekstruma (“anticlockwise, counterclockwise”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dextra, dexter (“right; skillful; fortunate, favorable; proper, fitting”), from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, *deḱs- (“right”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkstra/ [ˈdɛks.t̪ra]
• Rhymes: -ɛkstra
• Syllabification: deks‧tra

Adjective

dekstra

1. (anatomy) right: the right side or direction

   Synonym: kanan

Further reading

• “dekstra” 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.