Indonesian

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Etymology

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Compound of jalan +‎ bahasa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʒa.lan baˈha.sa/

Noun

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jalan bahasa (first-person possessive jalan bahasaku, second-person possessive jalan bahasamu, third-person possessive jalan bahasanya)

  1. (linguistics, rare) grammar
    Synonym: tata bahasa
    1. a system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language
    2. the study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax)

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