gelita
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay gelita (“dark”), from Sanskrit गलित (galita, “waning, lost, perished”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlita/ [ɡəˈli.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: ge‧li‧ta
Adjective
gêlita (comparative lebih gelita, superlative paling gelita)
Derived terms
- kegelitaan
Further reading
- “gelita”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016