Terjemahan "function word" ke dalam Bahasa Melayu

Kata tugas ialah terjemahan "function word" kepada Bahasa Melayu.

function word noun tatabahasa

(linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, such as prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, or conjunctions. [..]