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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch waterpas (“level (tool); spirit level”). Equivalent to water (“water”) + pas (“fit, measure”).
Pronunciation 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]waterpas n or m (plural waterpassen, diminutive waterpasje n)
- A level, tool for finding whether a surface is leveled perfectly horizontally.
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: waterpas
- → Aukan: wataa pasi
- → Caribbean Hindustani: pánipás
- → Danish: vaterpas
- → Greenlandic: vaataparsi
- → Indonesian: waterpas
- → West Frisian: wetterpas (calque)
Pronunciation 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]waterpas (not comparable)
- spirit level, leveled perfectly horizontal
Inflection
[edit]Declension of waterpas | ||||
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uninflected | waterpas | |||
inflected | waterpasse | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | waterpas | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | waterpasse | ||
n. sing. | waterpas | |||
plural | waterpasse | |||
definite | waterpasse | |||
partitive | waterpas |
Derived terms
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[edit]Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]watêrpas
- level (tool for finding whether a surface is leveled perfectly horizontally)
Synonyms
[edit]- penyipat datar
- timbang air (Standard Malay)
Further reading
[edit]- “waterpas” 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.
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