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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay serta, from Sanskrit .
Pronunciation
Conjunction
serta
- as well as; and
- Synonym: dan
Verb
serta
- to join
Derived terms
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From sertus (“bound, encircled”), from serō (“to bind, to encircle”), possibly by reanalysis of the nominalized neuter plural (serta, sertōrum) as a feminine singular noun.
Pronunciation
Noun
serta f (genitive sertae); first declension
- garland, festoon, wreath of flowers
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.219–220:
- ‘prōtinus accēdunt Charitēs nectuntque corōnās
sertaque caelestēs implicitūra comās.’- “Forthwith the Graces approach and weave chaplets
and garland to entwine heavenly hair.”
(The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
Noun
serta
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sertum
Noun
sertā
- ablative singular of serta
Participle
serta
- inflection of sertus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
sertā
- ablative feminine singular of sertus
References
- “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “serta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- serta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- serta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “serta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “serta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Penang, Baku) IPA(key): /sərˈta/
- (Johor-Selangor) Rhymes: -ə
- (Northern Peninsula, Bahasa Baku) Rhymes: -a
Conjunction
serta (Jawi spelling سرتا)
- as well as; and
Synonyms
Verb
serta (Jawi spelling سرتا)
- to join
Further reading
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay serta.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
serta
- because, since
- Synonyms: amo, karena, sebap
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics