tetua

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay tetua, from Classical Malay tetua. Equivalent to reduplication of tua (“old”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [təˈtua̯] Hyphenation: tê‧tua === Noun === tetua (plural tetua-tetua) elder, an older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community Synonyms: orang tua, tua-tua (biology) parent, an organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended === Further reading === “tetua”, 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