kata ganti

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Etymology

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Compound of kata (word) +‎ ganti (to replace; to change), calque from Chinese 代詞代词 (dàicí, “pronoun”, literally “substitute/replace word”).

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Noun

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kata ganti (plural kata-kata ganti, first-person possessive kata gantiku, second-person possessive kata gantimu, third-person possessive kata gantinya)

  1. (grammar) pronoun: a type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

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