kosakata

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kosa kata (nonstandard)

Etymology

Calque of Dutch woordenschat (“vocabulary”, literally “word treasure”) as kosa +‎ kata (“word”). The word kosa is from Sanskrit कोश (kośa, “dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, treasury, store”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kosaˈkata/ [ko.saˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ko‧sa‧ka‧ta

Noun

kosakata

1. (linguistics) vocabulary

   Synonym: perbendaharaan kata

   • 1957, Tardjan Hadidjaja, Asas-asas pendidikan bahasa ibu bagi anak Djawa, Ganaco:

     ...kosakata Indonesia tjukuplah orang membandingkan ,,Kamus Umum Bahasa Indonesia„ tahun 1952 buatan W. J. S. Poerwadarminta dengan sebuah kamus buatan sebelum perang (misalnja kamus Klinkert atau Van Ronkel).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “kosakata” 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.