C1

Loan Words and Word Formation

Kata Serapan dan Pembentukan Kata

About this concept

Borrowed vocabulary from Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, English. Understanding etymological layers aids formal vocabulary: Malay, Sanskrit, Arabic, European.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~45 cards at level C1.

Examples

bahasa (Sanskrit: bhāṣā)language (Sanskrit origin)
dunia (Arabic: dunyā)world (Arabic origin)
kantor (Dutch: kantoor)office (Dutch origin)
gereja (Portuguese: igreja)church (Portuguese origin)

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