ketua
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed ke- + tua, inherited from Malay ketua. The term (ketoea) was translation of Japanese 会長 (kaichō, “chairman”), see kaityoo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kêtua (plural ketua-ketua, first-person possessive ketuaku, second-person possessive ketuamu, third-person possessive ketuanya)
- chief, leader, headman
- Synonym: kepala
- chairman, chairwoman, chairperson
- Synonym: pengerusi (Standard Malay)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ketua” 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.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ketua (Jawi spelling کتوا, plural ketua-ketua, informal 1st possessive ketuaku, 2nd possessive ketuamu, 3rd possessive ketuanya)
- A chief, leader or head man.
- The oldest person who possesses an abundance of experience in a village and other places.
Affixations
[edit]- berketuakan (“to have as leader”)
- ketuai (“to lead, to be leader for”)
- ketuakan (“to lead; to elect as leader”)
- pengetua (“head teacher; principal”)
Compounds
[edit]- guru ketua
- ketua adat
- ketua jurumasak (“chef”)
- ketua kampung
- ketua kerajaan (“head of government”)
- Ketua Menteri (“Chief Minister”)
- ketua muda
- ketua murid
- ketua negara (“head of state”)
- ketua pejabat
- ketua satu
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: ketua
Further reading
[edit]- “ketua” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms prefixed with ke-
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian semantic loans from Japanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Japanese
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ətua
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ətua/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/tua
- Rhymes:Indonesian/tua/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ua
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ua/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/a
- Rhymes:Indonesian/a/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Malay terms prefixed with ke-
- Malay 3-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/uə
- Rhymes:Malay/ə
- Rhymes:Malay/ə/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/ua
- Rhymes:Malay/a
- Rhymes:Malay/a/3 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms with usage examples