watas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦠꦼꦱ꧀ (wates, “border”), from Old Javanese watĕs (“border, end”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batəs. Doublet of batas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwatas/
• Hyphenation: wa‧tas

Noun

watas (first-person possessive watasku, second-person possessive watasmu, third-person possessive watasnya)

1. border.

   Synonym: batas

Derived terms

• mewatasi
• pewatas

 

Further reading

• “watas” 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.