patahan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed patah + -an. The sense “fault” is a semantic loan from Dutch breuk (“fault”, literally “fracture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtahan/
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: pa‧tah‧an
Noun
patahan (plural patahan-patahan, first-person possessive patahanku, second-person possessive patahanmu, third-person possessive patahannya)
- (seismology) fault: A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- Synonym: sesar
Further reading
- “patahan” 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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