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Asal-usul Kata Saya, Kulo dan Abdi

14/11/2016

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Dalam bahasa apapun, setiap kata biasanya punya asal-usul. Bahkan untuk kata-kata yang dianggap sangat mendasar.

Sebagai contoh, dalam bahasa Melayu/Indonesia, Sunda dan Jawa, kata yang dipakai untuk menunjuk diri sendiri bermakna "budak" atau "rakyat".
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"Saya" (Melayu) berasal dari "sahaya", kata Sansekerta yang berarti "budak". "Abdi" (Sunda) berasal dari "abdi/abid", kata Arab yang berarti "hamba". Sementara "kulo" (Jawa) berasal dari "kawulo" yang berarti "rakyat".
Ilmu yang mempelajari asal-usul kata disebut Etimologi.
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Eddy Gudadi link
19/11/2017 03:04:20 pm

Our language " Indonesian " has taken or brought in many words from other languages. Is this a reflection of attitude ? Being flexible, tolerant, accomodative, ready to change? I wonder.



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M Arief Wibowo
26/11/2017 09:47:35 am

Hi. I think all languages absorb some vocabulary from other languages, depending on how long and deep they are exposed to other languages due to economic, cultural contact and so forth. We cannot conclude for sure that the degree of absorption necessarily indicates the absorbing language being more tolerant or even inferior than the source language.

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