pidato

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pidato, from Minangkabau pidato, probably from Old Javanese pradata (“communication; explanation”), likely from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-, “act of”) +‎ धट (dhaṭa, “ordeal by the balance”). Doublet of perdata. Another possible origin would be from a form related to Balinese pidarta (“speech”) and Old Javanese padārtha (“meaning, explanation, content”), from Sanskrit पदार्थ (padārtha, “meaning of a word, substance”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /piˈdato/ [piˈda.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pi‧da‧to

Noun

pidato (plural pidato-pidato)

1. speech; public talk

   Synonym: syarahan

Affixed terms

• berpidato
• memidatokan
• pemidatoan

Further reading

• “pidato”, 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 Minangkabau pidato, probably from Old Javanese pradata (“communication; explanation”), likely from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-, “act of”) +‎ धट (dhaṭa, “ordeal by the balance”). Doublet of perdata.

Another possible origin would be from a form related to Balinese pidarta (“speech”) and Old Javanese padārtha (“meaning, explanation, content”), from Sanskrit पदार्थ (padārtha, “meaning of a word, substance”) and later transmitted via the Betawi dialect (see Wilkinson, 1932).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈdato/ [piˈda.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato, -o
• Hyphenation: pi‧da‧to

Noun

pidato (Jawi spelling ڤيداتو, plural pidato-pidato or pidato²)

1. (Malaysia, Indonesia) speech; public talk

   Synonyms: ceramah, syarahan

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemidato [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• memidato [agent focus] (meN-)
• berpidato [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• pemidatoan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “pidato”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 267

Further reading

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

Minangkabau

Etymology

Probably from Old Javanese pradata (“communication; explanation”), likely from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-, “act of”) +‎ धट (dhaṭa, “ordeal by the balance”). Another possible origin would be from a form related to Balinese pidarta (“speech”) and Old Javanese padārtha (“meaning, explanation, content”), from Sanskrit पदार्थ (padārtha, “meaning of a word, substance”).

Noun

pidato

1. speech; public talk

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pidato