Arktika
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Proper noun
Arktika
Etymology
From English Arctic, from Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Arktika (first-person possessive Arktikaku, second-person possessive Arktikamu, third-person possessive Arktikanya)
Alternative forms
- Artik (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “Arktika” 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.
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