keberatan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed berat (“heavy; hard, difficult”) +‎ ke- -an, calque of Dutch bezwaar (“objection”, literally “difficulty, obstacle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəbəˈratan/
• Hyphenation: kê‧bê‧rat‧an
• Rhymes: -an, -n

Noun

kêbêratan (plural keberatan-keberatan)

1. objection
2. weight, heaviness

Adjective

kêbêratan

1. overloaded
2. unwilling, reluctant

Verb

kêbêratan

1. (colloquial) to object, to disagree with or to oppose

   Synonyms: berkeberatan, tidak setuju

Further reading

• “keberatan” 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.