kata dasar — meaning in English

English meaning

• base noun The lowest part of something, on which it stands or rests; a foundation.
• stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.

Senses

kata dasar is used for these senses in English:

• base (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
• baseword (linguistics) A word used as a base, to whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
• stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

base — full definition

1. noun The lowest part of something, on which it stands or rests; a foundation.
2. noun A place used as the main point of operations for a person, group, or military force.
3. verb To use something as a starting point or foundation for a decision, argument, or story.
4. adjective Morally low; without honour or decency.

stem — full definition

1. noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
2. noun A slender supporting part of an object, such as a wine glass or tobacco pipe.
3. noun The base form of a word to which endings are added.
4. verb To originate or arise from something.
5. verb To stop or hold back the flow or spread of something.

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