kata sifat

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Malay kata sifat. Reconstructed as kata +‎ sifat.
• Semantic loan from Arabic صِفَات (ṣifāt), plural of صِفَة (ṣifa, “adjective”) for adjective sense.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌkata ˈsifat/ [ˌka.t̪a ˈsi.fat̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -ifat
• Syllabification: ka‧ta si‧fat

Noun

kata sifat (first-person possessive kata sifatku, second-person possessive kata sifatmu, third-person possessive kata sifatnya)

1. (linguistics) adjective.

   Synonym: adjektiva

Further reading

• “kata sifat” 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.

Malay

Noun

kata sifat (Jawi spelling کات صيفت, plural kata-kata sifat, informal 1st possessive kata sifatku, 2nd possessive kata sifatmu, 3rd possessive kata sifatnya)

1. adjective.

Synonyms

• adjektif