ilmu hitung
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of ilmu (“science”) + hitung (“to count, to compute”), from Malay ilmu hitung, a calque of Dutch cijferkunst (“arithmetic”, literally “to compute + art; ability”) and Dutch rekenkunde (“arithmetic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈilmu ˈhituŋ]
Noun
ilmu hitung (first-person possessive ilmu hitungku, second-person possessive ilmu hitungmu, third-person possessive ilmu hitungnya)
- (obsolete) arithmetic
- Synonyms: aritmetika, ilmu hisab
- algebra (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Synonym: aljabar
Further reading
- “ilmu hitung” 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.
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