gatra
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English
Noun
gatra (plural gatras)
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese gatra (ꦒꦠꦿ), from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, “body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gatra
- (uncommon) manifestation (the embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing)
- Synonyms: manifestasi, perwujudan
- aspect
- Synonym: aspek
- a grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding
- the way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective
- syntactic unit
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Further reading
- “gatra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.