kontena

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English container.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /konˈtena/ [kon̪ˈt̪e.na]

• (Standard Southern Peninsular Malaysia) IPA^(key): /konˈtenə/ [kon̪ˈt̪e.nə] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
• Rhymes: -tenə, -enə, -nə, -ə

Noun

konténa (Jawi spelling کونتينا, plural kontena-kontena or kontena²)

1. shipping container

Alternative forms

• kontainêr (Indonesia)

Derived terms

• mengkontenakan
• pengkontenaan

See also

• bekas (“container”)

Further reading

• "kontena" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• “kontena”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

Swahili

kontena

Etymology

Borrowed from English container.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

kontena class V (plural makontena class VI)

1. shipping container

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English container.

Noun

kontena

1. container