kekalahan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of kalah +‎ ke- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.kaˈla.han/
• Rhymes: -han, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: kê‧ka‧la‧han

Noun

kêkalahan

1. defeat (the act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss)

Further reading

• “kekalahan”, 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