warna bahasa

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of warna (“colour”) +‎ bahasa (“language”), calque of Balinese ᬯᬃᬦᬩᬲ (warna basa, “register”, literally “variety of language”), from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa, “colour”) +‎ भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Noun

warna bahasa (first-person possessive warna bahasaku, second-person possessive warna bahasamu, third-person possessive warna bahasanya)

1. (linguistics) register: a style of a language used in a particular context, which is related to honorific.

   Synonym: laras bahasa

Further reading

• “warna bahasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.