catatan kaki

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of catatan +‎ kaki, calque of Dutch voetnoot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.ˈtat.an ˈka.ki/

Noun

catatan kaki (plural catatan-catatan kaki)

1. footnote: A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

   Synonym: nota kaki (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “catatan kaki” 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.