prakata

From Swedish braka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑkɑtɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pra‧ka‧ta

prakata (colloquial)

1. to break down (to fail to function)

• hajota
• mennä epäkuntoon
• mennä rikki
• pettää (of nerves)
• rikkoutua
• särkyä

• “prakata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• karpata, pakarat, parkata, prakaat

Affixed pra- (“before”) +‎ kata (“word”), calque of Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pra‧ka‧ta

prakata (first-person possessive prakataku, second-person possessive prakatamu, third-person possessive prakatanya)

1. preface, foreword.

   Synonyms: kata pendahuluan, kata pengantar

• “prakata” 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.

Borrowed from Indonesian prakata, from Dutch voorwoord. By surface analysis, pra- +‎ kata.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -tə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: pra‧ka‧ta

prakata (Jawi spelling ڤراکات)

1. A preface or foreword.

• “prakata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.