kosakata
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Dutch woordenschat (“vocabulary”, literally “word treasure”) as kosa + kata (“word”). The word kosa is from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, treasury, store”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kosakata (first-person possessive kosakataku, second-person possessive kosakatamu, third-person possessive kosakatanya)
- (linguistics) vocabulary.
- Synonym: perbendaharaan kata
Alternative forms
[edit]- kosa kata (nonstandard)
Further reading
[edit]- “kosakata” 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.