bausastera
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese bausastra (ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ, “dictionary”), from Sanskrit बहु (bahu, “great”) + शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”). Reconstructed as bahu + sastera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.u.sas.tə.ra/
- Rhymes: -era, -ra, -a
- Hyphenation: ba‧u‧sas‧te‧ra
Noun
bausastera (Jawi spelling باوسسترا, plural bausastera-bausastera, informal 1st possessive bausasteraku, impolite 2nd possessive bausasteramu, 3rd possessive bausasteranya)
- dictionary
- Synonym: kamus
Further reading
- “bausastera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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