kesulitan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of sulit +‎ ke- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəsuˈlitan/ [kə.suˈlit̪̚.an]
• Rhymes: -itan
• Syllabification: ke‧su‧lit‧an

Noun

kesulitan (plural kesulitan-kesulitan)

1. difficulty
2. hardship
3. scarcity, shortage

Verb

kesulitan

1. (transitive, adversative) to find it difficult to, to have hard time to

Derived terms

• kesulitan berjalan
• kesulitan melihat
• kesulitan mendengar

Further reading

• “kesulitan”, 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