dusta

Balinese

Etymology

From Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa).

Noun

dusta (Balinese script ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ᬝ)

1. lie

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay dusta (“lie”), from Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa, “wicked, evil, corrupt”), from दुस्- (dus-, “evil, bad, difficult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdus.ta/, [ˈdus.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: dus‧ta

Adjective

dusta

1. lie, untruth, intentionally false

   Synonym: bohong

Derived terms

• berdusta
• mendusta
• mendustai
• mendustakan
• pendusta
• sedusta

Further reading

• “dusta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016