bahasa ibu
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of bahasa (“language”) + ibu (“mother”), calque of Dutch moedertaal.
Noun[edit]
- (linguistics) mother tongue, native language, first language, the language one first learned; the language one grew up with.
Synonyms[edit]
- bahasa ibunda (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading[edit]
- “bahasa ibu” 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.