listrik

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• elektrik (Standard Malay)
• elestrik (dated)
• lektris (dated)
• lesterik (dated)
• lestrik (dated)
• listerik

Etymology

Awas listrik or awas elestrik (Danger! Electricity)

From older spellings lestrik, lesterik, elestrik, borrowed from Dutch elektriciteit (unusually metathesized into *elestrikiteit), from French électrique, from Latin ēlectricus, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron). Doublet of elektrik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪstrɪk̚]
• Hyphenation: lis‧trik

Noun

listrik (uncountable)

1. electricity

   Synonym: elektrik (Standard Malay)

Adjective

listrik

1. electric

   Synonym: elektris

Derived terms

• berlistrik
• kelistrikan
• melistriki
• perlistrikan

• listrik dinamis
• listrik nirkabel
• listrik pascabayar
• listrik prabayar
• listrik statis
• listrik udara

• gergaji listrik
• kendaraan listrik
• mobil listrik
• pembangkit listrik
• rangkaian listrik
• tiang listrik

Related terms

• elektrifikasi
• elektrik
• elektris
• elektro
• elektron
• elektronik
• elektronika
• elektronis

Descendants

• → Ternate: listrik

Further reading

• “listrik” 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.

Ternate

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian listrik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lisˈtɾik]

Noun

listrik

1. electricity

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 30