tetangga

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as reduplication of tangga, from Malay tetangga, from setangga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈtaŋɡa/ [t̪əˈt̪aŋ.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: te‧tang‧ga

Noun

têtangga (plural tetangga-tetangga)

1. neighbor (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)

   Synonyms: setangga, jiran (dated)

   Tetanggaku itu sering memutar lagu pada pagi hari.

   My neighbor often plays songs in the morning.

Derived terms

Affixations

• bertetangga
• pertetanggaan

Further reading

• “tetangga”, 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