Berkeping

Berkeping is a term found in Malay and Indonesian usage that describes the state or quality of existing in sheets, slabs, or thin pieces. The form is built from the prefix ber-, which signals a state or condition, combined with keping, a word meaning a sheet, plate, or thin slice. In this sense, berkeping conveys that objects or materials are arranged in flat, sheet-like units.

Usage and context

Berkeping is typically used to describe physical materials that naturally come as flat pieces or are observed as a collection of such pieces. Common contexts include paper, metal sheets, bark, leaves, or any material presented in layered, sheet-like form. The expression can also be used in a more figurative sense to convey something shown or organized in a sheet-like layout, such as data presented in tabular or layered form, though this metaphorical usage is less frequent.

Variations and related terms

A related form is berkeping-keping, an intensifying reduplication that emphasizes abundance or repetition of sheets. Its exact acceptability can vary by dialect and register, and in some contexts berkeping may be preferred, while in others keping or berlapis might serve as clearer alternatives for describing flat pieces or layered arrangements.

Notes

Berkeping is not uniformly listed in standard dictionaries and is more commonly encountered in regional usage or literary prose. Its interpretation relies on context and may overlap with related terms like keping, kepingan, or berlapis.

See also

Keping

Kepingan