kata ganti
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of kata (“word”) + ganti (“to replace; to change”), calque of Chinese 代詞/代词 (dàicí, “pronoun”, literally “substitute/replace word”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kata ganti (plural kata-kata ganti, first-person possessive kata gantiku, second-person possessive kata gantimu, third-person possessive kata gantinya)
- (grammar) pronoun: a type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
Synonyms[edit]
- kata ganti nama (Standard Malay)
- pronomina
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kata ganti” 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.