langkah
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay langkah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare Niuean laka, Samoan laʻa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlaŋkah/ [ˈlaŋ.kah]
- Rhymes: -aŋkah
- Syllabification: lang‧kah
Noun
langkah (plural langkah-langkah)
- step:
- measure, action
- (engineering) stroke, cycle, phase
- motor dua langkah ― two-stroke engine
- Synonym: tak
Derived terms
- berlangkah
- kelangkahan
- melangkah
- melangkahi
- melangkahkan
- pelangkah
- pelangkahan
- perlangkahan
- selangkah
- terlangkahkan
- langkah baik
- langkah baru
- langkah buruk
- langkah hidup
- langkah kaki
- langkah kanan
- langkah kidal
- langkah kiri
- langkah kuda
- langkah lama
- langkah maju
- langkah seribu
- langkah serong
- langkah silang
- langkah sumbang
- langkah tegap
- langkah tersentak
Further reading
- “langkah”, 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
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare Niuean laka, Samoan laʻa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laŋkah/
- Rhymes: -aŋkah, -kah, -ah
Verb
langkah (Jawi spelling لڠکه)
Noun
langkah (Jawi spelling لڠکه, plural langkah-langkah)
Further reading
- “langkah”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq.
Noun
langkah