gatra

English

Noun

gatra (plural gatras)

1. (music) A unit of melody in Javanese gamelan music, analogous to a measure.

Anagrams

• atgar

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese gatra (ꦒꦠꦿ), from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, “body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tra/
• Rhymes: -tra
• Hyphenation: ga‧tra

Noun

gatra

1. (uncommon) manifestation (the embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing)

   Synonyms: manifestasi, perwujudan

2. aspect

   Synonym: aspek

   1. a grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding
   2. the way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective
3. syntactic unit

Derived terms

• menggatra

 

Further reading

• “gatra” 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.