kebetulan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay kebetulan. Equal to betul + ke- -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kebetulan (uncountable)
- accidental: anything happening accidentally.
Adverb
[edit]kebetulan
- accidentally: in an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly; unintentionally.
Further reading
[edit]- “kebetulan” 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.
West Makian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]kebetulan
- accidentally
- it so happened that
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
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- Indonesian terms circumfixed with ke- -an
- Indonesian 4-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Indonesian adverbs
- West Makian terms derived from Malay
- West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Makian lemmas
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