magersari

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦒꦼꦂꦱꦫꦶ (magersari, “to build a house by borrowing the yard of the nobles/other people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡərˈsa.ri/, [ma.ɡərˈsa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ma‧gêr‧sa‧ri

Noun

magêrsari (plural magersari-magersari, first-person possessive magersariku, second-person possessive magersarimu, third-person possessive magersarinya)

1. a person whose house is in someone else's yard; a person who lives on state-owned land and also works on that land
2. a servant of a transmigrant

Further reading

• “magersari” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

magersari

1. Romanization of ꦩꦒꦼꦂꦱꦫꦶ