berkas

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Etymology

From Malay berkas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bêr‧kas

Noun

berkas (plural)

  1. bundle
    Synonyms: bundel, ikat, gabung, kumpulan
  2. folder
    Synonym: map
  3. (computing) file
    Synonym: fail
  4. (physics) beam (a ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body)

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.

Pronunciation

Noun

berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, plural berkas-berkas, informal 1st possessive berkasku, 2nd possessive berkasmu, 3rd possessive berkasnya)

  1. bundle
  2. colligation

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  • Indonesian: berkas

Noun

berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, plural berkas-berkas, informal 1st possessive berkasku, 2nd possessive berkasmu, 3rd possessive berkasnya)

  1. to bundle; to tie or bind together
  2. (by extension) to arrest
    • 2022 June 9, Tengku Danish Bahri, “Tipu inap desa, suami isteri menganggur diberkas”, in Utusan Malaysia:
      Polis Terengganu memberkas sepasang suami isteri yang disyaki terlibat dengan kes penipuan inap desa yang tidak wujud di daerah ini.
      Terengganu police arrested a couple suspected of being involved in a home stay fraud case in the district.

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Classifier

berkas (Jawi spelling برکس, singular seberkas)

  1. Classifier for a bale of otherwise disconnected objects.
    seberkas kayu api ― a bundle of firewoods
    seberkas tebu ― a bundle of sugarcanes

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