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kereta.

ellipsis of kereta api (“train”)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈrɛta/Standard-Indonesian[kəˈrɛ.t̪a]Standard-Indonesian

  1. ellipsis of kereta api (“train”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis

  2. carriage

  3. motorcycle

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Old Catalan carro Old Catalan -eta Old Catalan carretabor.? Old Galician-Portuguese carreta Portuguese carretabor. Malay kereta Indonesian kereta Inherited from Malay kereta, from Classical Malay كريتا (karĕta), from Portuguese carreta. Compare Tagalog kareta. The sense “motorcycle” is a semantic loan from Malay kereta.

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