-isi

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Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Indonesian -isi, from Dutch -itie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-isi/
  • Hyphenation: -i‧si

Suffix

-isi (Jawi spelling -يسي)

  1. -ition
    Synonym: peng- -an
    edisiedition

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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