usia mental
Malay
Etymology
Compound of usia (“age”) + mental (“mental”), literally “mental age”. Calque of English mental age.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈusjə ˈmɛntəl/ [ˈu.sjə ˈmɛn̪.t̪əl]
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl, -əl
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈusja ˈmental/ [ˈu.sja ˈmen̪.t̪al]
- Rhymes: -ental, -al
- Hyphenation: u‧sia men‧tal
Noun
usia mental (plural usia-usia mental)
- (psychology) mental age[1]
- Synonym: umur mental
References
- ^ "usia mental" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Further reading
- “usia mental” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.