warna nada

Indonesian

Etymology

warna (“colour”) +‎ nada (“tone”), calque of Dutch klankkleur (“timbre”).

Noun

warna nada (plural warna-warna nada, first-person possessive warna nadaku, second-person possessive warna nadamu, third-person possessive warna nadanya)

1. (physics) timbre:
   1. The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
   2. The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.

Synonyms

• warna ton (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “warna nada” 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.