kesatuan
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]satu + ke- -an, inherited from Malay kesatuan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kêsatuan (plural kesatuan-kesatuan)
- oneness:
- state of being one or undivided; unity.
- Synonyms: keesaan, ketunggalan
- the product of being one or undivided.
- state of being one or undivided; unity.
- unit
- oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- (sciences) a standard measure of a quantity.
- an organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
Usage notes
[edit]The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kesatuan.
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kêsatuan
Further reading
[edit]- “kesatuan” 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]Noun
[edit]kesatuan (Jawi spelling کساتوان, plural kesatuan-kesatuan, informal 1st possessive kesatuanku, 2nd possessive kesatuanmu, 3rd possessive kesatuannya)
- oneness:
- union:
- That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- Synonym: gabungan (Indonesian)
Usage notes
[edit]The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kesatuan.
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: kesatuan
Further reading
[edit]- “kesatuan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms circumfixed with ke- -an
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Sciences
- Indonesian adjectives
- Malay terms circumfixed with ke- -an
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Set theory