adibasa

Indonesian

Etymology

borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦢꦶꦧꦱ (adibasa, “beautiful language”). Equivalent to basa (“language”) +‎ adi- (“great, most; super-”),

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /adiˈbasa/ [a.diˈba.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: a‧di‧ba‧sa

Noun

adibasa (plural adibasa-adibasa, first-person possessive adibasaku, second-person possessive adibasamu, third-person possessive adibasanya)

1. beautiful language; noble language

Further reading

• “adibasa” 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.