alusi
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch allusie, from French allusion, from Latin allūsiōnem (“frolicking”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alusi (plural alusi-alusi, first-person possessive alusiku, second-person possessive alusimu, third-person possessive alusinya)
- (literature) allusion: an indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.
- Synonym: kiasan
Further reading
[edit]- “alusi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Categories:
- Indonesian internationalisms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from French
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/si
- Rhymes:Indonesian/si/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
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