garisan
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed garis + -an. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀ (garisan, “ruler”) for ruler sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]garisan (plural garisan-garisan, first-person possessive garisanku, second-person possessive garisanmu, third-person possessive garisannya)
- line, marking.
- (colloquial) ruler, a (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.
- Synonym: penggaris
Usage notes
[edit]The line, marking sense is related to the product of line as a verb. For line as an object description, the word garis is used instead of garisan.
Further reading
[edit]- “garisan” 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]Romanization
[edit]garisan
- Romanization of ꦒꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀