kata dasar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kata +‎ dasar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌka.ta ˈda.sar/, [ˌka.t̪a ˈda.sar]

Noun

kata dasar (plural kata-kata dasar)

(grammar) baseword; lexical stem

Related terms

imbuhan (“affix”)
awalan (“prefix”)
akhiran (“suffix”)

Further reading

“kata dasar”, 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