kesatu
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixation of ke- + satu, inherited from Malay کساتو (kesatu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəˈsatu/ [kəˈsa.t̪u]
- Rhymes: -atu
- Syllabification: ke‧sa‧tu
Numeral
[edit]kesatu
Usage notes
[edit]The suppletive ordinal number pertama is normally used elsewhere, while kesatu is only used to make emphasis directly on the ordering (compare anak pertama vs. anak kesatu, both similarly means "the first child" but the latter means more of "child no. 1").
Further reading
[edit]- “kesatu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ke- + satu, from Proto-Malayic *kA- + Proto-Malayic *sA- (“one”) + *batu (“stone”), displaced by pertama.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kesatu (Jawi spelling کساتو, comparative lebih kesatu, superlative paling kesatu)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: kesatu
Categories:
- Indonesian terms prefixed with ke-
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/atu
- Rhymes:Indonesian/atu/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian numerals
- Indonesian ordinal numbers
- Malay terms prefixed with ke-
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay adjectives
- Malay ordinal numbers
