kebetulan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kebetulan. Equal to betul +‎ ke- -an.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəbəˈt̪ʊlan]

Noun

kebetulan (first-person possessive kebetulanku, second-person possessive kebetulanmu, third-person possessive kebetulannya)

  1. accidental: anything happening accidentally.

Adverb

kebetulan

  1. accidentally: in an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly; unintentionally.

Further reading

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay kebetulan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkə.bə.ˈt̪u.l̪an/

Adverb

kebetulan

  1. accidentally
  2. it so happened that

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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