penglihatan
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- pelihatan (uncommon)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəŋliˈhatan/ [pəŋ.liˈha.t̪an]
- Rhymes: -atan
- Syllabification: peng‧li‧ha‧tan
Noun
pênglihatan (uncountable)
- eyesight
- Synonym: (uncommon) penglihat
- sight
- Synonym: (uncommon) penglihat
- the ability to see
- the act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye
Derived terms
Malay
Alternative forms
- pelihatan (uncommon)
Etymology
Affixation of lihat + peng- -an.
This formation is an exception to the pattern whereby words starting in /l/ would be prefixed with pe- -an and not peng- -an as the allophonic form of peng- -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pəŋ.li.ha.tan]
- Rhymes: -tan, -an
- Hyphenation: peng‧li‧hat‧an
Noun
penglihatan (Jawi spelling ڤڠليهتن)
- The ability to see; eyesight, vision.
- The faculty of sight.
- Anything that is viewed or looked at.
- Synonym: pandangan
- The action of process of looking.
Further reading
- “penglihatan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.