rantas

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦱ꧀ (rantas, “severed, snapped”), from Old Javanese rantas (“broken, severed, snapped; tattered”). Doublet of rentas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrantas/ [ˈran.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -tas
• Hyphenation: ran‧tas

Adjective

rantas

1. broken off
2. cut down, cleared
3. frayed, threadbare, worn-out

Noun

rantas (plural rantas-rantas, first-person possessive rantasku, second-person possessive rantasmu, third-person possessive rantasnya)

1. (geology) suture

Derived terms

• berantas
• dirantas
• merantas
• terantas

 

Further reading

• “rantas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

rantas

1. Romanization of ꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦱ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qantas (“cut through”), compare Proto-Austronesian *-tas (“cut through, sever; rip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ran.tas/
• Rhymes: -tas
• Hyphenation: ran‧tas

Adjective

rantas

1. broken, severed, snapped
2. tattered

Derived terms

• aparantas
• kaparantas
• marantasakĕn
• parantas
• rumantasakĕn

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦱ꧀ (rantas) (inherited)
  • → Malay: rantas, rentas
  • → Indonesian: rantas

Further reading

• "rantas" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.