roman

id-noun

roman (plural roman-roman, first-person possessive romanku, second-person possessive romanmu, third-person possessive romannya)

roman-roman (plural)
romanku (first-person possessive)
romanmu (possessive second-person)
romannya (possessive third-person)

From Malay roman, from Dutch roman, from French roman, from Old French romanz (“common language (as opposed to Latin)”), from Vulgar Latin romanicē (“in the way of the Romans (as opposed to the Franks)”), from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus.

der

(literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.


register

id-noun

régistêr (first-person possessive registerku, second-person possessive registermu, third-person possessive registernya)

régistêr (canonical)
registerku (first-person possessive)
registermu (possessive second-person)
registernya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch register, from Middle Dutch register, from Old French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum.

(printing) the exact alignment of lines, margins and colors.


antologi

antologi (plural antologi-antologi, first-person possessive antologiku, second-person possessive antologimu, third-person possessive antologinya)

antologi-antologi (plural)
antologiku (first-person possessive)
antologimu (possessive second-person)
antologinya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch anthologie, from French anthologie, from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “collection of flowers”).

der

(literature) anthology (collection of literary works)


median

From Dutch mediaan, from Latin medianus (“of or pertaining to the middle”, adjective), from medius (“middle”) (see medium), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Doublet of madya.

(printing, dated) mediaan, a former Nederland paper size, 470 mm × 560 mm.


umlaut

From English umlaut, from German Umlaut in the 19ᵗʰ century, from um- or um (“around, re-, trans-”) + Laut (“sound”).

(orthography) the diacritical mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel when it indicates a (rounded) front vowel


novel

id-noun

novel (first-person possessive novelku, second-person possessive novelmu, third-person possessive novelnya)

novelku (first-person possessive)
novelmu (possessive second-person)
novelnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch novelle, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.


moral

moral (first-person possessive moralku, second-person possessive moralmu, third-person possessive moralnya)

moralku (first-person possessive)
moralmu (possessive second-person)
moralnya (possessive third-person)

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch moraal (“moral”), from Middle French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”).

der

(Standard Malay)

(literature) the ethical significance or practical lesson.


plot

id-noun

plot (first-person possessive plotku, second-person possessive plotmu, third-person possessive plotnya)

plotku (first-person possessive)
plotmu (possessive second-person)
plotnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch plot, from English plot, from Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin.

(art, literature) plot, storyline: the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.


panel

panèl (plural panel-panel, first-person possessive panelku, second-person possessive panelmu, third-person possessive panelnya)

panèl (canonical)
panel-panel (plural)
panelku (first-person possessive)
panelmu (possessive second-person)
panelnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Dutch paneel, from Middle Dutch paneel, from Old French panel (Modern French panel), from Medieval Latin pannellus, later variant of pannulus, diminutive of pannus.

(comics) an individual frame or drawing in a comic.


motif

From Dutch motief, from Middle Dutch motijf, from Old French motif (Modern French motif), from Late Latin mōtivus.

(music, literature) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.


bait

bait (plural bait-bait, first-person possessive baitku, second-person possessive baitmu, third-person possessive baitnya)

bait-bait (plural)
baitku (first-person possessive)
baitmu (possessive second-person)
baitnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay bait, from Arabic بَيْت (bayt), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

(literature) couplet (a pair of lines in poetry)

(literature) stanza (a unit of a poem, often in the form of a paragraph)


graf

graf (plural graf-graf, first-person possessive grafku, second-person possessive grafmu, third-person possessive grafnya)

graf-graf (plural)
grafku (first-person possessive)
grafmu (possessive second-person)
grafnya (possessive third-person)

(linguistics, typography) graph: A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.


koma

koma (first-person possessive komaku, second-person possessive komamu, third-person possessive komanya)

komaku (first-person possessive)
komamu (possessive second-person)
komanya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch komma, from French comma, from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

(typography) comma: The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


fon

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

fonku (first-person possessive)
fonmu (possessive second-person)
fonnya (possessive third-person)

From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).


pada

pada (first-person possessive padaku, second-person possessive padamu, third-person possessive padanya)

padaku (first-person possessive)
padamu (possessive second-person)
padanya (possessive third-person)

(literature) pada: The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse in Sanskrit, typically as part of a four-line stanza.


pesan

pesan (first-person possessive pesanku, second-person possessive pesanmu, third-person possessive pesannya)

pesanku (first-person possessive)
pesanmu (possessive second-person)
pesannya (possessive third-person)

(Standard Malay)

(literature) an underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.


novela

novela (first-person possessive novelaku, second-person possessive novelamu, third-person possessive novelanya)

novelaku (first-person possessive)
novelamu (possessive second-person)
novelanya (possessive third-person)

From from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.

(literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, shorter than a novel.


tiras

tiras (plural tiras-tiras, first-person possessive tirasku, second-person possessive tirasmu, third-person possessive tirasnya)

tiras-tiras (plural)
tirasku (first-person possessive)
tirasmu (possessive second-person)
tirasnya (possessive third-person)

(printing) circulation (number of copies sold of e.g. a newspaper).


metrum

mètrum (first-person possessive metrumku, second-person possessive metrummu, third-person possessive metrumnya)

mètrum (canonical)
metrumku (first-person possessive)
metrummu (possessive second-person)
metrumnya (possessive third-person)

Learned borrowing from Latin metrum (“measure”) via Dutch metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Doublet of meter.


folklor

id-noun

folklor (first-person possessive folklorku, second-person possessive folklormu, third-person possessive folklornya)

folklorku (first-person possessive)
folklormu (possessive second-person)
folklornya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Dutch folklore, from English folklore.

(literature) folklore: the tales, legends, superstitions and traditions of a particular ethnic population.


katarsis

katarsis (first-person possessive katarsisku, second-person possessive katarsismu, third-person possessive katarsisnya)

katarsisku (first-person possessive)
katarsismu (possessive second-person)
katarsisnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch catharsis, from Ancient Greek κάθαρσις (kátharsis, “cleansing, purging”), from καθαίρω (kathaírō, “I cleanse”).

der

(drama, literature) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).


anomali

id-noun

anomali (first-person possessive anomaliku, second-person possessive anomalimu, third-person possessive anomalinya)

anomaliku (first-person possessive)
anomalimu (possessive second-person)
anomalinya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch anomalie, from French anomalie, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “disaccord”).

der

(linguistics, politics) a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

(physics, biology) any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

(biology, medicine) a defect or malformation.


kanon

id-noun

kanon (first-person possessive kanonku, second-person possessive kanonmu, third-person possessive kanonnya)

kanonku (first-person possessive)
kanonmu (possessive second-person)
kanonnya (possessive third-person)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanun and qanun.
* For sense of land lease tax, via Arabic قَانُون (qānūn, “tax, law”).
* For sense in music and Christianity, via Dutch canon, from Old French canon, from Latin canōn.

(Christianity, literature) the works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.


epos

epos (plural epos-epos, first-person possessive eposku, second-person possessive eposmu, third-person possessive eposnya)

epos-epos (plural)
eposku (first-person possessive)
eposmu (possessive second-person)
eposnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Dutch epos, from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

(literature) epic: an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.


huruf

huruf (plural huruf-huruf, first-person possessive hurufku, second-person possessive hurufmu, third-person possessive hurufnya)

huruf-huruf (plural)
hurufku (first-person possessive)
hurufmu (possessive second-person)
hurufnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay huruf, from Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf) plural of حَرْف (ḥarf).


bintang

bintang (first-person possessive bintangku, second-person possessive bintangmu, third-person possessive bintangnya)

bintangku (first-person possessive)
bintangmu (possessive second-person)
bintangnya (possessive third-person)

From Semantic loan from Dutch sterretje.


iblis

(folklore) a fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior


kait

kait (first-person possessive kaitku, second-person possessive kaitmu, third-person possessive kaitnya)

kaitku (first-person possessive)
kaitmu (possessive second-person)
kaitnya (possessive third-person)

(typography) serif: a short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces.


parabel

parabel (first-person possessive parabelku, second-person possessive parabelmu, third-person possessive parabelnya)

parabelku (first-person possessive)
parabelmu (possessive second-person)
parabelnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch parabel, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola.

der

(literature) parable, a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.


kaba

id-noun

kaba (first-person possessive kabaku, second-person possessive kabamu, third-person possessive kabanya)

kabaku (first-person possessive)
kabamu (possessive second-person)
kabanya (possessive third-person)

From Minangkabau kaba, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news”). Doublet of kabar.

(literature) Minangkabau traditional literature in the form of rhythmic prose, simple sentences with 3-5 words so that it can be said rhythmically or sung, the theme of the story is various, such as heroism, adventure, consolation, and love stories


panji

panji (first-person possessive panjiku, second-person possessive panjimu, third-person possessive panjinya)

panjiku (first-person possessive)
panjimu (possessive second-person)
panjinya (possessive third-person)

From Malay panji (“banner, standard”), from Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī, “register”). Doublet of banci.
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦶ (panji) for noun 2 senses.

sl

(literature) a genre of Indonesian heroic and noble story.


manhwa

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.


tata letak

head

tata letak (plural tata-tata letak, first-person possessive tata letakku, second-person possessive tata letakmu, third-person possessive tata letaknya)

tata-tata letak (plural)
tata letak ku (first-person possessive)
tata letak mu (possessive second-person)
tata letak nya (possessive third-person)

Compound of tata (“arrangement”) + letak (“location”).

compound

(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.

(typography) The setting or composition of written material into type; typesetting


ofset

id-noun

ofset (first-person possessive ofsetku, second-person possessive ofsetmu, third-person possessive ofsetnya)

ofsetku (first-person possessive)
ofsetmu (possessive second-person)
ofsetnya (possessive third-person)

(printing) the offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.


fabel

fabêl (first-person possessive fabelku, second-person possessive fabelmu, third-person possessive fabelnya)

fabêl (canonical)
fabelku (first-person possessive)
fabelmu (possessive second-person)
fabelnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch fabel (“fable”), from Old French fable, from Latin fābula.

(literature) fable, a fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters.


barok

barok (first-person possessive barokku, second-person possessive barokmu, third-person possessive baroknya)

barokku (first-person possessive)
barokmu (possessive second-person)
baroknya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch barok, from French baroque, from Portuguese barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”).

(architecture, literature) Baroque, a period in western architecture, art and music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760 CE.


fiksi

fiksi (first-person possessive fiksiku, second-person possessive fiksimu, third-person possessive fiksinya)

fiksiku (first-person possessive)
fiksimu (possessive second-person)
fiksinya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch fictie, from Latin fictiō. Cognate to Afrikaans fiksie.

, cereka (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

(literature) literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.


untai

untai (plural untai-untai, first-person possessive untaiku, second-person possessive untaimu, third-person possessive untainya)

untai-untai (plural)
untaiku (first-person possessive)
untaimu (possessive second-person)
untainya (possessive third-person)


katastrofe

katastrofê (first-person possessive katastrofeku, second-person possessive katastrofemu, third-person possessive katastrofenya)

katastrofê (canonical)
katastrofeku (first-person possessive)
katastrofemu (possessive second-person)
katastrofenya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch catastrofe, from French catastrophe, from Latin catastropha, from Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ, “overturning”).

der

(literature) the dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.


latar

id-noun

latar (first-person possessive latarku, second-person possessive latarmu, third-person possessive latarnya)

latarku (first-person possessive)
latarmu (possessive second-person)
latarnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay latar, ultimately Proto-Austronesian *dataR (“flat, flat or level land”). Doublet of datar and rata.

inh

(literature) the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set.


aksen

Borrowed from Dutch accent, from Middle Dutch accent, ultimately from Latin accentus.

(orthography) a mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.


elipsis

id-noun

elipsis (plural elipsis-elipsis, first-person possessive elipsisku, second-person possessive elipsismu, third-person possessive elipsisnya)

elipsis-elipsis (plural)
elipsisku (first-person possessive)
elipsismu (possessive second-person)
elipsisnya (possessive third-person)

Learned borrowing from Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”).

der

(typography) a mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them, " . . . ", or, more recently, a single character, "…", used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible, or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues (e.g., 1, ..., 4 means 1, 2, 3, 4).


tegangan

id-noun

têgangan (plural tegangan-tegangan, first-person possessive teganganku, second-person possessive teganganmu, third-person possessive tegangannya)

têgangan (canonical)
tegangan-tegangan (plural)
teganganku (first-person possessive)
teganganmu (possessive second-person)
tegangannya (possessive third-person)

Affixed tegang (“tense”) + -an. Semantic loan from Dutch spanning (“tension, voltage”) for physics, psychology and literature senses, see also the loanword spaning.

sl

(literature) a feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.


pantun

id-noun

pantun (first-person possessive pantunku, second-person possessive pantunmu, third-person possessive pantunnya)

pantunku (first-person possessive)
pantunmu (possessive second-person)
pantunnya (possessive third-person)

(poetry) pantoum: a poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeated as the first and third lines of the next.


anakronisme

anakronismê (first-person possessive anakronismeku, second-person possessive anakronismemu, third-person possessive anakronismenya)

anakronismê (canonical)
anakronismeku (first-person possessive)
anakronismemu (possessive second-person)
anakronismenya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch anachronisme, from French anachronisme, from New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

der

ἀναχρονισμός

(literature) glaring inconsistencies to scarcely perceptible misrepresentation of chronological mistake, which may be the unintentional result of ignorance, or may be a deliberate aesthetic choice in works of imagination that rest on a historical basis.


kakawin

id-noun

kakawin (first-person possessive kakawinku, second-person possessive kakawinmu, third-person possessive kakawinnya)

kakawinku (first-person possessive)
kakawinmu (possessive second-person)
kakawinnya (possessive third-person)

Reanalyzed as kawi + ke- -an, from Old Javanese kakawin, from Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “poet”).


lempeng

lempeng (plural lempeng-lempeng, first-person possessive lempengku, second-person possessive lempengmu, third-person possessive lempengnya)

lempeng-lempeng (plural)
lempengku (first-person possessive)
lempengmu (possessive second-person)
lempengnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Betawi lempeng.
* Semantic loan from English plate for sense “geology plate”, “denture base”, “larger scale” and “printing plate”.

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.


bobot

bobot (plural bobot-bobot, first-person possessive bobotku, second-person possessive bobotmu, third-person possessive bobotnya)

bobot-bobot (plural)
bobotku (first-person possessive)
bobotmu (possessive second-person)
bobotnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bobot, “weight; importance, significance”), ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bot, “weight”), from Old Javanese bot, byĕt, bwat (“heavy; weight”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat.

der

(typography) the boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.


kolom

id-noun

kolom (first-person possessive kolomku, second-person possessive kolommu, third-person possessive kolomnya)

kolomku (first-person possessive)
kolommu (possessive second-person)
kolomnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch kolom, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of kolone.

der

(printing) a body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

a unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.


kronik

id-noun

kronik (plural kronik-kronik, first-person possessive kronikku, second-person possessive kronikmu, third-person possessive kroniknya)

kronik-kronik (plural)
kronikku (first-person possessive)
kronikmu (possessive second-person)
kroniknya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Dutch kroniek (“chronicle”), from Middle Dutch cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικόν (khronikón), neuter of χρονικός (khronikós).


kartun

id-noun

kartun (first-person possessive kartunku, second-person possessive kartunmu, third-person possessive kartunnya)

kartunku (first-person possessive)
kartunmu (possessive second-person)
kartunnya (possessive third-person)

From English cartoon. Doublet of karton.

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

(comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.


babad

babad (plural babad-babad, first-person possessive babadku, second-person possessive babadmu, third-person possessive babadnya)

babad-babad (plural)
babadku (first-person possessive)
babadmu (possessive second-person)
babadnya (possessive third-person)

From Javanese ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad, “history, chronicle”), from Old Javanese *babad,
* babad (“to clear”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajbaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bajbaj (“loosen, untie, unwrap; unravel; to clear forest”), *-baj (“unravel, untie”). Doublet of babat.
* wwat (“to report”, literally “to present, offer”). Doublet of buat.

der

(literature) Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Sasak, and Madurese stories containing historical events


rumus

id-noun

rumus (plural rumus-rumus, first-person possessive rumusku, second-person possessive rumusmu, third-person possessive rumusnya)

rumus-rumus (plural)
rumusku (first-person possessive)
rumusmu (possessive second-person)
rumusnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay rumus, from Arabic رُمُوز (rumūz), plural of رَمْز (ramz, “cipher, code”).

(biology, chemistry, linguistics, literature, physics) formula


khizanatulkitab

khizanatulkitab (first-person possessive khizanatulkitabku, second-person possessive khizanatulkitabmu, third-person possessive khizanatulkitabnya)

khizanatulkitabku (first-person possessive)
khizanatulkitabmu (possessive second-person)
khizanatulkitabnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay khizanatulkitab,
from Classical Malay khizanatulkitab, from Arabic خِزَانَةُ الكِتَاب (ḵizānatu l-kitāb).

der

خِزَانَةُ الكِتَاب


ikatan

id-noun

ikatan (plural ikatan-ikatan, first-person possessive ikatanku, second-person possessive ikatanmu, third-person possessive ikatannya)

ikatan-ikatan (plural)
ikatanku (first-person possessive)
ikatanmu (possessive second-person)
ikatannya (possessive third-person)

Affixed ikat + -an, inherited from Malay ikatan.


perkataan

pêrkataan (plural perkataan-perkataan, first-person possessive perkataanku, second-person possessive perkataanmu, third-person possessive perkataannya)

pêrkataan (canonical)
perkataan-perkataan (plural)
perkataanku (first-person possessive)
perkataanmu (possessive second-person)
perkataannya (possessive third-person)


watak

watak (plural watak-watak, first-person possessive watakku, second-person possessive watakmu, third-person possessive wataknya)

watak-watak (plural)
watakku (first-person possessive)
watakmu (possessive second-person)
wataknya (possessive third-person)

(literature) character: a literary description of a character type


klise

From Dutch cliché, from French cliché, past participle of clicher (“to stereotype, (originally) to copy”, literally “to click, clink”), from Middle French clicher, from Old French cliquer (“to click, clack, sound, resound”), of Germanic origin.

der

(printing) a stereotype (printing plate).


tarikh

id-noun

tarikh (plural tarikh-tarikh, first-person possessive tarikhku, second-person possessive tarikhmu, third-person possessive tarikhnya)

tarikh-tarikh (plural)
tarikhku (first-person possessive)
tarikhmu (possessive second-person)
tarikhnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay tarikh, from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ, “date, time”).


bahasa klasik

Compound of bahasa (“language”) + klasik (“classical”), calque of Dutch klassieke talen (klassieke + talen).

com

(linguistics, literature) a classical language


tantri

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (tantri), from Old Javanese tantri, from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies”). Compare to English tantra. Doublet of tentara and tenteram.

der

(literature) A prosaic fable from Pancatantra.


antiwirawan

id-noun

antiwirawan (first-person possessive antiwirawanku, second-person possessive antiwirawanmu, third-person possessive antiwirawannya)

antiwirawanku (first-person possessive)
antiwirawanmu (possessive second-person)
antiwirawannya (possessive third-person)

Partial calque of English antihero as anti- + wirawan.


kuplet

kuplèt (plural kuplet-kuplet, first-person possessive kupletku, second-person possessive kupletmu, third-person possessive kupletnya)

kuplèt (canonical)
kuplet-kuplet (plural)
kupletku (first-person possessive)
kupletmu (possessive second-person)
kupletnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch couplet, from French couplet, from Middle French couplet, from Old French couplet.

(poetry) couplet (a pair of lines in poetry)


komposisi

komposisi (plural komposisi-komposisi, first-person possessive komposisiku, second-person possessive komposisimu, third-person possessive komposisinya)

komposisi-komposisi (plural)
komposisiku (first-person possessive)
komposisimu (possessive second-person)
komposisinya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch compositie, from Middle Dutch composicie, from Middle French composition, from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, from componere (“to put together”).


bedah

bedah (first-person possessive bedahku, second-person possessive bedahmu, third-person possessive bedahnya)

bedahku (first-person possessive)
bedahmu (possessive second-person)
bedahnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay bedah, from Javanese ꦧꦼꦝꦃ (bedhah, “broken through, ripped open; to be overcome by force”), from Old Javanese bĕḍah (“to break, to burst”).

der

(literature, figurative) review: a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.


romansa

id-noun

romansa (plural romansa-romansa, first-person possessive romansaku, second-person possessive romansamu, third-person possessive romansanya)

romansa-romansa (plural)
romansaku (first-person possessive)
romansamu (possessive second-person)
romansanya (possessive third-person)

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch romance, from German Romanze, from French romance, from Spanish romance, itself probably a borrowing from either Old French romanz or Old Occitan romans, meaning a narrative work in the vernacular speech, from Vulgar Latin romanicē (“in a Roman manner”), ultimately from Latin rōmānicus.

der

(literature) a story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.


amanat

id-noun

amanat (plural amanat-amanat, first-person possessive amanatku, second-person possessive amanatmu, third-person possessive amanatnya)

amanat-amanat (plural)
amanatku (first-person possessive)
amanatmu (possessive second-person)
amanatnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay amanat, from Classical Malay امانت (amanat), from Classical Persian امانت (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna). Doublet of amanah.

(literature) an underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.


waralaba

waralaba (plural waralaba-waralaba, first-person possessive waralabaku, second-person possessive waralabamu, third-person possessive waralabanya)

waralaba-waralaba (plural)
waralabaku (first-person possessive)
waralabamu (possessive second-person)
waralabanya (possessive third-person)

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese wara (“gift”) + lābha (“profit”), intended translated as extra or special profit. Coined by Lembaga Pendidikan dan Pembinaan Manajemen for translation of franchise.

coinage

(literature) The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film or television series from various sources.


leraian

id-noun

lêraian (first-person possessive leraianku, second-person possessive leraianmu, third-person possessive leraiannya)

lêraian (canonical)
leraianku (first-person possessive)
leraianmu (possessive second-person)
leraiannya (possessive third-person)

(literature) dénouement; conclusion; resolution; unravelling.


persejajaran bentuk

persejajaran baris
persejajaran baris#Indonesian


jalan cerita

jalan cêrita (first-person possessive jalan ceritaku, second-person possessive jalan ceritamu, third-person possessive jalan ceritanya)

jalan cêrita (canonical)
jalan cerita ku (first-person possessive)
jalan cerita mu (possessive second-person)
jalan cerita nya (possessive third-person)

Compound of jalan (“road, way”) + cerita (“story”).

(literature) plot, storyline (the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means)


alur cerita

alur cerita (first-person possessive alur ceritaku, second-person possessive alur ceritamu, third-person possessive alur ceritanya)

alur cerita ku (first-person possessive)
alur cerita mu (possessive second-person)
alur cerita nya (possessive third-person)

Compound of alur (“line”) + cerita (“story”), calque of Dutch verhaallijn (“storyline”).

clq

(literature) plot, storyline: the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.


kurawa

id-noun

kurawa (first-person possessive kurawaku, second-person possessive kurawamu, third-person possessive kurawanya)

kurawaku (first-person possessive)
kurawamu (possessive second-person)
kurawanya (possessive third-person)

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦫꦮ (kurawa), from Old Javanese [Term?], from Sanskrit कौरव (kaurava).

(literature) Kaurava: any descendant of King Kuru, a legendary king who is the ancestor of many characters of the Mahabharata.


pustaha

pustaha (first-person possessive pustahaku, second-person possessive pustahamu, third-person possessive pustahanya)

pustahaku (first-person possessive)
pustahamu (possessive second-person)
pustahanya (possessive third-person)

From Batak, probably from Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pōstaka, *pustaka. Doublet of pustaka.


sastra klasik

sastra klasik (first-person possessive sastra klasikku, second-person possessive sastra klasikmu, third-person possessive sastra klasiknya)

sastra klasik ku (first-person possessive)
sastra klasik mu (possessive second-person)
sastra klasik nya (possessive third-person)

(literature) pre-European contact literature.


alegori

alégori (first-person possessive alegoriku, second-person possessive alegorimu, third-person possessive alegorinya)

alégori (canonical)
alegoriku (first-person possessive)
alegorimu (possessive second-person)
alegorinya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch allegorie, from French allégorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

(literature) allegory: a narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.


antagonis

antagonis (first-person possessive antagonisku, second-person possessive antagonismu, third-person possessive antagonisnya)

antagonisku (first-person possessive)
antagonismu (possessive second-person)
antagonisnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch antagonist, from Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”).

der

ἀνταγωνιστής

(literature) the main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.


asonansi

id-noun

asonansi (first-person possessive asonansiku, second-person possessive asonansimu, third-person possessive asonansinya)

asonansiku (first-person possessive)
asonansimu (possessive second-person)
asonansinya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch assonantie, from French assonance, from Latin assonāre.

(literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.


dekonstruksi

[dɛ.kɔnˈst̪rʊk.si/ invalid IPA characters

From Dutch deconstructie. By surface analysis, de- + konstruksi.

(philosophy, literature) A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.


lakuan

lakuan (plural lakuan-lakuan, first-person possessive lakuanku, second-person possessive lakuanmu, third-person possessive lakuannya)

lakuan-lakuan (plural)
lakuanku (first-person possessive)
lakuanmu (possessive second-person)
lakuannya (possessive third-person)

(drama, literature) expression: The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.


narasi

narasi (plural narasi-narasi, first-person possessive narasiku, second-person possessive narasimu, third-person possessive narasinya)

narasi-narasi (plural)
narasiku (first-person possessive)
narasimu (possessive second-person)
narasinya (possessive third-person)

Internationalism, borrowed from English narration.

(literature) narrating: the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.

(literature) story or narrative: That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events.

(literature) manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.


alusi

alusi (plural alusi-alusi, first-person possessive alusiku, second-person possessive alusimu, third-person possessive alusinya)

alusi-alusi (plural)
alusiku (first-person possessive)
alusimu (possessive second-person)
alusinya (possessive third-person)

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch allusie, from French allusion, from Latin allūsiōnem (“frolicking”).

(literature) allusion: an indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.


purwakanti

purwakanti (plural purwakanti-purwakanti, first-person possessive purwakantiku, second-person possessive purwakantimu, third-person possessive purwakantinya)

purwakanti-purwakanti (plural)
purwakantiku (first-person possessive)
purwakantimu (possessive second-person)
purwakantinya (possessive third-person)

Compound of purwa + kanti, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi).


pupuh

id-noun

pupuh (plural pupuh-pupuh, first-person possessive pupuhku, second-person possessive pupuhmu, third-person possessive pupuhnya)

pupuh-pupuh (plural)
pupuhku (first-person possessive)
pupuhmu (possessive second-person)
pupuhnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh, “song; eye drop; to hit; to war; to fight”), from Old Javanese pupuh (“stroke, blow; fight, battle; musical mallet”).

der

(literature, music) songs that are bound by the number of syllables in one verse, the number of lines, and the game of the song


kartunis

(comics) cartoonist (one who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon)