sandiwara
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Javanese sandhi (“deep, subtle”) + wara/warah (“to say”), reanalyzed as sandi + wara. Coined by Indonesian politician Mangkunegara VII to translate Dutch toneel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sandiwara (first-person possessive sandiwaraku, second-person possessive sandiwaramu, third-person possessive sandiwaranya)
Affixed terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sandiwara” 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.