tata bahasa

See also: tatabahasa

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tatabahasa, from tata (“order”) + bahasa (“language”), Calque from Japanese 語(ご)法(ほう) (gohō, “grammar”). Equivalent to tata +‎ bahasa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌtata baˈhasa/ [ˌt̪a.t̪a baˈha.sa]

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ta‧ta ba‧ha‧sa

Noun

tata bahasa

1. (linguistics, grammar) grammar:

   Synonyms: gramatika, jalan bahasa, nahu, paramasastra

   1. a system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language
   2. a book describing the rules of grammar of a language

Hyponyms

• tata bahasa baku
• tata bahasa filosofis
• tata bahasa normatif
• tata bahasa pendidikan
• tata bahasa pengajaran
• tata bahasa preskriptif
• tata bahasa sekolah

Derived terms

• ketatabahasaan

Further reading

• “tata bahasa”, 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