gatra

English

Noun

gatra (plural gatras)

  1. (music) A unit of melody in Javanese gamelan music, analogous to a measure.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦠꦿ (gatra, form; shape; clause), from Old Javanese gātra (appearance, shape, form, figure, lines; face; first lines, first colouring, literally body), from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, body).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡatra/ [ˈɡat̪̚.ra]
  • Rhymes: -atra
  • Syllabification: gat‧ra

Noun

gatra (plural gatra-gatra)

  1. (uncommon) manifestation (the embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing)
    Synonyms: manifestasi, perwujudan
  2. aspect
    Synonym: aspek
    1. (linguistics) a grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding
    2. the way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective
  3. (grammar) syntactic unit
  4. (music) sentences or lines in traditional songs (tembang)
  5. the shape of the keris detail that represents or is a style of a particular region or era
    Synonym: wanda
  6. (music) the rhythm in karawitan which contains four beats

Derived terms

  • menggatra
  • gatra pangkal
  • gatra sebutan

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