kompartemen
Indonesian
Etymology
Displaced earlier kompartimen, from Dutch compartiment, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).
- Displacement was influenced by Malay kompartmen and English compartment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɔmpartəˈmɛn]
- Hyphenation: kom‧par‧tê‧mèn
- Rhymes: -mɛn, -ɛn, -n
Noun
kompartêmèn (first-person possessive kompartemenku, second-person possessive kompartemenmu, third-person possessive kompartemennya)
- compartment
Alternative forms
- kompartmen [kompatmen] (Standard Malay)
- kompartimen
Further reading
- “kompartemen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.