informan
Esperanto
[edit]Adjective
[edit]informan
- accusative singular of informa
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch informant.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /inˈforman/ [inˈfor.man]
- Rhymes: -orman
- Syllabification: in‧for‧man
Noun
[edit]informan (plural informan-informan)
- informant
- (espionage) one who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
- (linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.
- source: a reporter's informant.
- Synonym: narasumber
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “informan” 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]informan (Jawi spelling اينفورمن)
- An informant.
Further reading
[edit]- “informan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]informan
Categories:
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
- Esperanto adjective forms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/orman
- Rhymes:Indonesian/orman/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Espionage
- id:Linguistics
- Malay terms borrowed from English
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay 3-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/ən
- Rhymes:Malay/ən/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/an
- Rhymes:Malay/an/3 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms suffixed with -an
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms