jurubahasa
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From juru- (“expert; skilled workman”) + bahasa (“language”)
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˌrubaˈhasə/ [d͡ʒuˌru.baˈha.sə]
- Rhymes: -asə
- (Baku) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˌrubaˈhasa/ [d͡ʒuˌru.baˈha.sa]
- Rhymes: -asa
- Hyphenation: ju‧ru‧ba‧ha‧sa
Noun
jurubahasa (Jawi spelling جوروبهاس, plural jurubahasa-jurubahasa)
Descendants
- Indonesian: juru bahasa
- → Kapampangan: dulubasa
- → Portuguese: jurubaça, iurubaça, jurabaça
- → English: jurubaça
- → Maranao: diyarobasa
- → Tagalog: dalubhasa
- → Tausug: julbahasa
Further reading
- “jurubahasa”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017