warna-warni
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay warna-warni, from apophonic reduplication of warna (“color”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌwarna ˈwarni/ [ˌwar.na ˈwar.ni]
- Rhymes: -arni
- Syllabification: war‧na-war‧ni
Adjective
warna-warni (comparative lebih warna-warni, superlative paling warna-warni)
- colorful (possessing prominent and varied colors)
Derived terms
- berwarna-warni (“to be colorful”)
- kewarna-warnian (“colorfulness”)
- warna-warnikan (“to make colorful”)
Further reading
- “warna-warni”, 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 apophonic reduplication of warna (“color”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˌwa(r)nə ˈwa(r)ni/ [ˌwa(r).nə ˈwa(r).ni]
- Rhymes: -a(r)ni, -i
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˌwarna ˈwarni/ [ˌwar.na ˈwar.ni]
- Rhymes: -arni, -i
- Hyphenation: war‧na-war‧ni
Adjective
warna-warni (Jawi spelling ورنا-ورني)
- colorful (possessing prominent and varied colors)
Derived terms
- berwarna-warni (“to be colorful”)
- kewarna-warnian (“colorfulness”)
- warna-warnikan (“to make colorful”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: warna-warni
Further reading
- “warna-warni”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017