kata ganti

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kata (“word”) +‎ ganti (“to replace; to change”), calque from Chinese 代詞／代词 (dàicí, “pronoun”, literally “substitute/replace word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta ˈɡan.ti/

Noun

kata ganti (plural kata-kata ganti, first-person possessive kata gantiku, second-person possessive kata gantimu, third-person possessive kata gantinya)

1. (grammar) pronoun: a type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

Synonyms

• kata ganti nama (Standard Malay)
• pronomina

Derived terms

• kata ganti milik
• kata ganti orang
• kata ganti taktentu

 

Further reading

• “kata ganti” 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.