bahasa halus
Indonesian
editEtymology
editbahasa (“language”) + halus (“refined”).
Noun
edit- (linguistics) polite register.
- Antonym: bahasa kasar
Further reading
edit- “bahasa halus” 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.