telatah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈlatah/ [t̪əˈla.t̪ah]
• Rhymes: -atah
• Syllabification: te‧la‧tah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay telatah.

Noun

têlatah (first-person possessive telatahku, second-person possessive telatahmu, third-person possessive telatahnya)

1. mannerisms, ways, idiosyncrasies, behavior

   Synonyms: gerak-gerik, tingkah laku, kelakuan

2. evidence

   Synonym: bukti

Derived terms

• bertelatah

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦼꦭꦠꦃ (telatah, “area”).

Noun

têlatah (first-person possessive telatahku, second-person possessive telatahmu, third-person possessive telatahnya)

1. district, region, territory

Further reading

• “telatah” 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

telatah

1. Romanization of ꦠꦼꦭꦠꦃ

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈlatah/ [t̪əˈla.t̪ah]

Noun

telatah (Jawi spelling تلاته, plural telatah-telatah, informal 1st possessive telatahku, 2nd possessive telatahmu, 3rd possessive telatahnya)

1. manners, behavior, ways, idiosyncrasies

   Synonyms: gerak-geri, tingkah laku, kelakuan, perangai

2. antics

   Synonym: gelagat

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertelatah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: têlatah

Further reading

• “telatah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.