bahasa ibunda

Malay

Etymology

bahasa (“language”) +‎ ibunda (“mother”)

Noun

bahasa ibunda (plural bahasa-bahasa ibunda, informal 1st possessive bahasa ibundaku, 2nd possessive bahasa ibundamu, 3rd possessive bahasa ibundanya)

1. mother tongue, native language

Further reading

• “bahasa ibunda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.