ligatur

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ligatuur (“ligature”), from French ligature, from Latin ligātūra.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /liˈɡatur/ [liˈɡa.t̪ʊr]
• Rhymes: -atur
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧tur

Noun

ligatur (plural ligatur-ligatur)

1. ligature
   1. (linguistics) character combining multiple letters

      Synonym: perangkai

   2. (music) musical symbol connecting multiple notes
   3. a thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.

Further reading

• “ligatur”, 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

Latin

Verb

ligātur

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of ligō