tata negara

Compound of tata +‎ negara, from Malay tatanegara

• The term was used to translate Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, “the character of the nation; national polity”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtata nəˈɡara]

tata negara (plural tata-tata negara)

1. (government) constitution: the formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions

   Synonym: konstitusi

2. (government) government, administration

• “tata negara”, 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