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Malay
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Indonesian -isi, from Dutch -itie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-isi/
- Hyphenation: -i‧si
Suffix
-isi (Jawi spelling -يسي)
- -ition
- Synonym: peng- -an
- edisi ― edition
Usage notes
This is used in newer adaptations of English loanwords ending in -ition in an effort to make the ending of such words uniform with its Dutch-derived counterparts in Indonesian. Previously, the suffix in words of this kind were adapted as -isyen (e.g. as in petisyen for petition).
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