kemeja

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kemeja, from Portuguese camisa, from Old Galician-Portuguese camisa (“shirt”), from Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”). Doublet of kamisa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɛd͡ʒa/ [kəˈmɛ.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ke‧me‧ja

Noun

kêmèja (plural kemeja-kemeja)

1. shirt, particularly dress shirt

   Synonym: kamisa

Affixed terms

• berkemeja

Further reading

• “kemeja”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese camisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmed͡ʒa/ [kəˈmɛ.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

kemeja (Jawi spelling کميجا, plural kemeja-kemeja or kemeja²)

1. shirt

Descendants

• Indonesian: kemeja

Further reading

• "kemeja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017