betapa

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay بتاڤ (betapa), probably blend of buat +‎ apa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈtapa/ [bəˈt̪a.pa]
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: be‧ta‧pa

Adverb

betapa

  1. how, such
    Synonym: alangkah
    Betapa cantiknya anak ini! ― This is such a beautiful child!

Derived terms

  • betapa lagi
  • betapa pula

References

  1. ^ Schmoldt, A.; Benthe, H. F.; Haberland, G. (October 2024), “Seventeenth-century Malay wordlists and their potential for etymological scholarship”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, volume 25, number 3, →DOI, page 556

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