Last updated on January 3, 2019
Waktu
Meaning: time, when, while, time zone
Synonym: kala, ketika, masa, saat, tempo
Application: waktu, sewaktu, sewaktu-waktu
| Waktu itu saya belum punya mobil. Kalau ada waktu saya akan mampir ke toko buku. Dia tidak punya waktu luang untuk … Ayah saya meninggal waktu(sewaktu) saya masih kecil. Sewaktu-waktu dalam waktu dekat untuk sementara waktu sudah waktunya beberapa waktu lalu pada waktu itu batas/tenggat waktu lewat batas/tenggat waktu paruh waktu |
I didn’t have a car then. If I have time I will drop by at the bookshop. He doesn’t have any spare time to … My father died when I was little. Some times, from time to time soon in the mean time it is time sometime ago at that time deadline overdue part time |
-wan, -wati
-wan is a suffix that occurs with bases, most of which are nouns, to indicate a person who is regularly associated with(base).
| harta ilmu olahraga sastra warta |
wealth, property science sport literature news |
hartawan ilmuwan olahragawan sastrawan wartawan |
wealthy person scientist sportsman/woman man of letters journalist |
Suffixes –wan and –wati, both borrowed from Sanskrit, are the only affixes in the language which make a gender distinction. The form –wan refers to both male and female unless it is contrasted with –wati, which is specifically feminine.
| karya seni sukarela wisuda |
work art voluntary graduation |
karyawati seniwati sukarelawati wisudawati |
female worker female artist female volunteer graduating female |
