ilmu hitung

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of ilmu (“science”) +‎ hitung (“to count, to compute”), from Malay ilmu hitung, a calque of Dutch cijferkunst (“arithmetic”, literally “to compute + art; ability”) and Dutch rekenkunde (“arithmetic”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈilmu ˈhituŋ]

Noun

ilmu hitung (first-person possessive ilmu hitungku, second-person possessive ilmu hitungmu, third-person possessive ilmu hitungnya)

  1. (obsolete) arithmetic
    Synonyms: aritmetika, ilmu hisab
  2. algebra (clarification of this definition is needed)
    Synonym: aljabar

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