rintis

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrintis/ [ˈrin̪.t̪ɪs]
  • Rhymes: -intis
  • Syllabification: rin‧tis

Noun

rintis (plural rintis-rintis)

  1. jungle trail/track; a narrow trail cleared through a dense forest

Verb

rintis

  1. to cut a trail through a dense forest
  2. to start (e.g. a business)

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

Might be related to rentas or lintas. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rintis (Jawi spelling رينتيس, plural rintis-rintis)

  1. jungle trail/track; a narrow trail cleared through a dense forest

Verb

rintis (Jawi spelling رينتيس)

  1. to cut a trail through a dense forest
  2. to clear land to make a road, to pave way or road
  3. to break through an obstacle
  4. to start (e.g. tasks, businesses)

Adjective

rintis (Jawi spelling رينتيس)

  1. beginning, breakthrough, first
    Synonyms: mula, dahulu, pertama

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • perintis (“groundbreaker, pioneer”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • rintisan (“pioneering, breakthrough start-up”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • perintisan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “رنتس rintis”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 339
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “rintis”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 342

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