watak

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay watak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.taʔ/
  • Rhymes: -taʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
  • Hyphenation: wa‧tak

Noun

watak (plural watak-watak, first-person possessive watakku, second-person possessive watakmu, third-person possessive wataknya)

  1. (literature) character: a literary description of a character type
    Synonym: karakter

Derived terms
  • berwatak
  • mewataki
  • perwatakan
  • watak agresif
  • watak kompleks oedipus

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

watak

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦠꦏ꧀

Malay

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: wa‧tak
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

watak (Jawi spelling واتق, plural watak-watak, informal 1st possessive watakku, 2nd possessive watakmu, 3rd possessive wataknya)

  1. character (being in a story)

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perwatakan (“characteristics of someone”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waˈtak/, [wɐˈtak]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧tak

Adjective

waták (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜃ᜔)

  1. separated; divided; disunited
    Synonyms: kalat, hiwalay, magkalayo, tangkalag

Noun

waták (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜃ᜔)

  1. state or condition of being disunited or widely separated from one another
    Synonyms: kalat, hiwalay, layo, tiwalag, tagaktak

Derived terms
  • magwatak
  • magwatak-watak
  • pagkawatak
  • pagwatak
  • pagwatak-watakin
  • pinagwatak-watak
  • watak-watak
  • watakin
  • winatak-watak

References
  • “watak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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