rawak

(chiefly dialectal) Synonym of acak (“random”)


surat izin

Compound of surat (“document, letter”) + izin (“permission”, noun), probably calque from Chinese 許可證／许可证 (“permit; license”, literally “to permit + certificate”).

zh-l

permit: an document rendering something allowed or legal


ventilasi

vèntilasi (canonical)
ventilasi-ventilasi (plural)
pentilasi (alternative)

From Dutch ventilatie, from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo.

the replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh

(architecture) the mechanical system used to circulate and replace air

(medicine, pulmonology, physiology) the bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide


penyanyi

From Malay penyanyi,
from Classical Malay penyanyi. Equivalent to per- + nyanyi.

a person who sings, often professionally; singer


penari

pênari (canonical)
penari-penari (plural)


wakaf

(Islam) waqf, religious endowment, endowment fund


antisipasi

→ Malay: antisipasi

From Dutch anticipatie, from French anticipation, from Latin anticipatio.

anticipation: the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order


kontemporer

kontèmporèr (canonical)
kontémporari (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

From Dutch contemporair, from French contemporair.

from the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous

modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’)


referensi

réfêrènsi (canonical)
referensi-referensi (plural)

ré‧fê‧rèn‧si

From Dutch referentie, from French référence, presumably from Old French referer (14th century), anyway from Latin referre "to relate, refer", literally "to carry back", itself from re- "back" + ferre "to carry, bring".

reference:
a measurement one can compare to

(semantics) a relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object

a short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text

a previously published written work thus indicated; a source


agen rahasia

Compound of agen + rahasia, calque of English secret agent.


surat jalan

Compound of surat (“document, letter”) + jalan.

delivery order: document from a consignee, or an owner or his agent of freight carrier which orders the release of the transportation of cargo to another party


surat kematian

id-noun

surat kematian (plural surat-surat kematian)

Compound of surat (“document, letter”) + kematian (“death”), calque of Dutch doodceel.

compound

(healthcare) death certificate: a document issued by a medical practitioner, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths


akta kelahiran

id-noun

akta kelahiran (plural akta-akta kelahiran)

akta-akta kelahiran (plural)
akte kelahiran (alternative)

Compound of akta (“certificate”) + kelahiran (“birth”), calque of Dutch geboorteakte.


tepuk tangan

id-noun

tepuk tangan (plural tepuk-tepuk tangan)

Compound of tepuk (“clap”) + tangan (“hand”). Compare to Dutch handgeklap and Chinese 拍手 (pāishǒu).


penghantar

pênghantar (canonical)
penghantar-penghantar (plural)

Affixed peng- + hantar. Doublet of pengantar.

(physics) conductor: something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound


kloter

klotêr (canonical)
kloter-kloter (plural)

kelompok terbang
kelompok terbang#Indonesian


kelompok terbang

kelompok terbang (plural kelompok-kelompok terbang)

kelompok-kelompok terbang (plural)
kloter (alternative)

From kelompok (“group”) + terbang (“flight”).


program studi

program studi (plural program-program studi)

program-program studi (plural)
prodi (alternative)

Compound of program + studi, calque of Dutch studieprogramma.

(education) course: a learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study

(education) school: an organizational unit in a higher education institution which is dedicated to teach a specific subject area


jurusan

Affixed jurus + -an, from Malay jurusan.
* Semantic loan from Dutch richting (“major, specialisation, subject, course”, literally “direction”) for the senses in education.

sl

(education) major: the principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university

(education) subject cluster, subject stream, track: subject grouping at secondary education


akta kematian

id-noun

akta kematian (plural akta-akta kematian)

(law) death certificate: a document issued by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths


mengegas

mêngêgas (canonical)
digas (passive)
gas (root)
mengegas (active nominative)
tergas (nominative passive)
digas (nominative passive)
gas (nominative)
gaslah (nominative)
mengegaskan (active)
tergaskan (passive)
digaskan (passive)
gaskan
gaskanlah
mempergas (active causative nominative)
terpergas (causative nominative passive)
dipergas (causative nominative passive)
pergas (causative nominative)
pergaslah (causative nominative)
mempergaskan (active causative)
terperaskan (causative passive)
dipergaskan (causative passive)
pergaskan (causative)
pergaskanlah (causative)

to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it

(colloquial, figurative) to speak louder because of anger or upset


dokter keluarga

dokter keluarga (plural dokter-dokter keluarga)

Compound of dokter + keluarga, calque of English family doctor

(healthcare) family doctor, family physician


usus kosong

Compound of usus + kosong. Compare to Dutch nuchtere darm and Japanese 空腸(くうちょ) (kūcho).

jejunum: the central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum


usus buntu

Compound of usus + buntu, calque of Dutch blindedarm (“caecum”, literally “blind intestine”).

clq

caecum: a cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon

vermiform appendix: an organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum, without a known function


alleluya

From Dutch alleluja, from Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).

der

(Christianity, chiefly Catholicism) hallelujah


akuifer

akuifèr (canonical)
akuifer-akuifer (plural)

From Dutch aquifer, from Latin aqua (“water”) + ferō (“I bring”).

(geology) aquifer: an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel


diksi

From Dutch dictie, from Middle French diction, from Latin dictiō.

(linguistics) diction: choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication


kerakyatan

kêrakyatan (canonical)
kerakyatan-kerakyatan (plural)

Affixed rakyat + ke- -an, from Malay kerakyatan.

populism: a political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this

democracy: belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy"


sentralisasi

sèntralisasi (canonical)
sentralisasi-sentralisasi (plural)

From affixed sentral + -isasi, from Dutch centralisatie, from French centralisation.

centralization, centralisation: the act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole


pekaja

pêkaja (canonical)
pekaja-pekaja (plural)

Nelumbo nucifera
Nelumbo nucifera#Translingual


teratai

têratai (canonical)
teratai-teratai (plural)

→ Macanese: trate


zukini

From English zucchini, from Italian zucchini, plural of zucchino, diminutive of zucca (“squash”), from Late Latin cucutia (via metathesis and apheresis), from Latin cucurbita (“gourd”).

sukini (alternative nonstandard)
suksini (alternative nonstandard rare)

Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbita pepo#Translingual

zucchini, courgette (a small marrow/squash of the species Cucurbita pepo)


sukini

Alternative form of zukini (“courgette”)


adpertensi

From Dutch advertentie, ultimately from Latin advertentia. Replaced by iklan.

(obsolete) superseded spelling of advertensi (“advertisement”).


lebat

heavy with something, weighed down by something (e.g. fruit tree)


Zabur

(Islam) Zabur: the holy book of Daud (David), one of the holy books revealed by Allah before the Quran

(dated, Christianity) Psalms: the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Christian Old Testament


penadbiran

pênadbiran (canonical)
penadbiran-penadbiran (plural)
pertadbiran (alternative)

Affixed tadbir + peng- -an. Cognate of Malay pentadbiran.


manajemen

manajêmèn (canonical)
manajemen-manajemen (plural)
managemen (alternative)

Internationalism, from English management.

(Standard Malay)

(management) administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals

(management) the executives of an organisation, especially senior executives

(medicine) method to treat a disease or condition

management:
method to treat a disease or condition


juru rawat

juru-juru rawat (plural)
jururawat (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

Compound of juru (“worker; skilled man; professional”) + rawat, from Malay jururawat, from Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸꦫꦮꦠ꧀ (jururawat, “nurse”). Compare to Japanese 看護師(かんごし) (kangoshi, literally “nurse + expert”).


blokir

From Dutch blokkeer, an inflection form of blokkeren, from Middle French bloquer, from Old French bloquer, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.


penasihat

pênasihat (canonical)
penasihat-penasihat (plural)

Affixed peng- + nasihat, from Malay penasihat. Translation of semantic loan from Japanese 顧問(こもん) (komon, “adviser, counselor, consultant”), see komon.


pialang

trader, broker (financial services, etc.)


songket

a type of cloth made of silk or cotton interwoven with metallic threads which form intricate patterns and motifs


sasirangan

sasirangan: A method (originated from South Kalimantan; invented by Banjarese people) of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, usually with tie or stitch techniques


parangan

From Javanese ꦥꦫꦔꦤ꧀ (parangan) or Javanese ꦥꦫꦁ (parang) + suffix -an.


isoman

isolasi mandiri
isolasi mandiri#Indonesian

acronym of isolasi mandiri (“self-isolation”).


salam siku

From salam + siku. Modeled on salam tangan.


pencakar langit

id-noun

pencakar langit (plural pencakar-pencakar langit)

→ Malay: pencakar langit

Compound of pencakar (“scratcher”) + langit (“sky”), coined by Indonesian linguist Anton Moedardo Moeliono, calque of English skyscraper.

coinage

(architecture) skyscraper, a very tall building with a large number of floors


cakar

cakar (root)
mencakar (active nominative)
tercakar (nominative passive)
dicakar (nominative passive)
cakar (nominative)
cakarlah (nominative)
mencakarkan (active)
tercakarkan (passive)
dicakarkan (passive)
cakarkan
cakarkanlah
mempercakarkan (active causative)
terpercakarkan (causative passive)
dipercakarkan (causative passive)
percakarkan (causative)
percakarkanlah (causative)


isolasi mandiri

Compound of isolasi (“isolation”) + mandiri (“self”), calque of English self-isolation.


pengusaha kena pajak

From pengusaha (“entrepreneur”) + kena pajak (“taxable”).

(taxation) taxable entrepreneur for VAT purpose


bokugo

From Japanese 防空壕(ぼうくうごう) (bōkūgō, “air raid shelter”).

ja-r

Tak mau aku tjari bokugo atau tempat perlindungan.

Ada bokugo di sini?

(obsolete) air-raid shelter: structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air


penghasilan kena pajak

pênghasilan kêna pajak (canonical)
PKP (alternative initialism)

Compound of penghasilan (“income”) + kena pajak (“taxable”), a calque of English taxable income.

com+

(taxation) taxable income (the base upon which an income tax system imposes tax)


wajib pajak

wajib-wajib pajak (plural)
WP (alternative)

Compound of wajib (“oblige; shall”) + pajak (“tax”). Replaced Dutch belastingplichtig (“taxpayer”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

(taxation) taxpayer: a person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject nor the object of revenue laws


proses verbal

id-noun

proses verbal (plural proses-proses verbal)

From Dutch proces-verbaal, from French procès-verbal.

Synonym of berita acara (“complaint, law enforcement account or report”)


bawang merah

bawang merah (plural bawang-bawang merah)

Compound of bawang (“Allium sp.”) + merah (“red”), from Malay bawang merah.


bawang bombai

bawang bombai (plural bawang-bawang bombai)

From bawang (“Allium sp.”) + Bombai (“Bombay, Former name of Mumbai”).


kocok

head

kocok (base, active mengocok, passive dikocok)


tokoh publik

id-noun

tokoh publik (plural tokoh-tokoh publik)

Compound of tokoh + publik, calque of English public figure.

public figure: a famous person whose life is the subject of public interest


selop

Borrowed from Dutch slof (“house or bedroom slipper”). Doublet of slof.


teropong

têropong (canonical)
teropong-teropong (plural)


pesisir

pêsisir (canonical)
pesisir-pesisir (plural)

From Malay pesisir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siDsiD.


penjajah

pênjajah (canonical)
penjajah-penjajah (plural)


jajah

jajah (root)
menjajah (active nominative)
terjajah (nominative passive)
dijajah (nominative passive)
jajah (nominative)
jajahlah (nominative)
menjajahi (active)
terjajahi (passive)
dijajahi (passive)
jajahi
jajahilah
menjajahkan (active)
terjajahkan (passive)
dijajahkan (passive)
jajahkan
jajahkanlah
memperjajah (active causative nominative)
terperjajah (causative nominative passive)
diperjajah (causative nominative passive)
perjajah (causative nominative)
perjajahlah (causative nominative)
memperjajahi (active causative)
terperjajahi (causative passive)
diperjajahi (causative passive)
perjajahi (causative)
perjajahilah (causative)
memperjajahkan (active causative)
terperjajahkan (causative passive)
diperjajahkan (causative passive)
perjajahkan (causative)
perjajahkanlah (causative)


translasi

From Dutch translatie, from Latin trānslātiō (“transfer”).

(mathematics, physics) a motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation

(geometry) a geometric transformation that moves every point of a figure or a space by the same distance in a given direction

(genetics) the process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome


ayam pedaging

id-noun

ayam pedaging (plural ayam-ayam pedaging)

Compound of ayam (“chicken”) + pedaging (“meat producer”), calque of Dutch vleeskuiken (“broiler”, literally “flesh + chicken”).

clq

broiler: a chicken suitable for broiling


cabang

Inherited from Malay cabang, from Proto-Malayic *cabaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cabaŋ (“bifurcation, forking”).
Cognate of Malay cawang.

inh

the woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing

any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree

a location of an organization with several locations


surat perintah penggeledahan

From surat perintah (“warrant”) + penggeledahan (“search”), literally “search warrant”.

compound

surat izin penggeledahan
surat izin penggeledahan

(law, Indonesia) search warrant: a document issued by police, authorizing the investigator(s) to search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry. In a normal search, at execution the document shown together with surat izin penggeledahan


surat izin penggeledahan

From surat izin (“permit”) + penggeledahan (“search”), literally “searching permit”.

(law, Indonesia) search warrant: permit issued by Head of District Court in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry


surat perintah

Compound of surat (“document”) + perintah (“order”), calque of Dutch bevelschrift. Compare to Chinese 令狀／令状 (“warrant, writ”, literally “order certificate”) or Japanese 令状(れいじょう) (reijō, “warrant, writ”).

zh-l

warrant:
an order that serves as authorization

(law) a judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment


notenbalk

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch notenbalk (“musical stave”, literally “(musical) note beam, bar”).

ubor

(music) musical stave, set of lines to write notes on


ketuban pecah dini

id-noun

ketuban pecah dini (plural ketuban-ketuban pecah dini)

ketuban-ketuban pecah dini (plural)
KPD (alternative)

Compound of ketuban (“amniotic fluid”) + pecah (“rupture”) + dini (“early”).

com

(pathology, obstetrics) premature rupture of the membranes: breakage of the amniotic sac before the onset of labor


rumah sakit umum

id-noun

rumah sakit umum (plural rumah-rumah sakit umum)

rumah-rumah sakit umum (plural)
RSU (alternative)
roemah sakit oemoem (alternative)

Compound of rumah sakit (“hospital”) + umum (“general”), calque of Dutch algemeen ziekenhuis.

com

(healthcare) general hospital: a type of hospital that they admit all types of medical and surgical cases


rumah sakit umum daerah

id-noun

rumah sakit umum daerah (plural rumah-rumah sakit umum daerah)

rumah-rumah sakit umum daerah (plural)
RSUD (alternative)

Compound of rumah sakit umum (“general hospital”) + daerah (“regional”).


rumah sakit umum pusat

id-noun

rumah sakit umum pusat (plural rumah-rumah sakit umum pusat)

rumah-rumah sakit umum pusat (plural)
RSUP (alternative)

Compound of rumah sakit umum (“general hospital”) + pusat (“central”).


RSUD

rumah sakit umum daerah
rumah sakit umum daerah#Indonesian

Initialism of rumah sakit umum daerah (“regional general hospital”).


RSUP

rumah sakit umum pusat
rumah sakit umum pusat#Indonesian

Initialism of rumah sakit umum pusat (“central general hospital”).


RSU

rumah sakit umum
rumah sakit umum#Indonesian

Initialism of rumah sakit umum (“general hospital”).


rumah sakit jiwa

id-noun

rumah sakit jiwa (plural rumah-rumah sakit jiwa)

rumah-rumah sakit jiwa (plural)
RSJ (alternative)

Compound of rumah sakit (“hospital”) + jiwa (“soul”), calque of Dutch psychiatrisch ziekenhuis (“psychiatric hospital”).

clq

psychiatric hospital
psychiatric hospital

(healthcare) mental hospital, psychiatric hospital: hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders


rumah sakit ibu dan anak

id-noun

rumah sakit ibu dan anak (plural rumah-rumah sakit ibu dan anak)

rumah-rumah sakit ibu dan anak (plural)
RSIA (alternative)

Compound of rumah sakit (“hospital”) + ibu (“mother”) + dan (“and”) + anak (“child”).


sereal

séréal (canonical)
sereal-sereal (plural)

From English cereal, from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”).

der

(sciences) a type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains; the grains of such a grass


serangan

sêrangan (canonical)
serangan-serangan (plural)

an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy; an attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault

(pathology) the sudden onset of a disease or condition; an active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease


simbolik

Alternative form of simbolis (“symbolic”)


tangkeb

tangkêb (canonical)
tangkeb-tangkeb (plural)

From Sundanese [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋkep (“seize, grip”). Doublet of tangkap.

inh

(dialect) trap: a machine or other device designed to catch animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body


kejadian ikutan pasca imunisasi

[kəd͡ʒaˈdian ˈikʊtan ˈpast͡ʃa imuniˈsasi]

Compound of kejadian + ikutan + pasca + imunisasi.

(medicine) Alternative spelling of kejadian ikutan pascaimunisasi


KIPI

(medicine) Acronym of kejadian ikutan pascaimunisasi (“adverse event following immunization”).


kecerdasan buatan

id-noun

kecerdasan buatan (plural kecerdasan-kecerdasan buatan)

Compound of kecerdasan + buatan, calque of English artificial intelligence.

clq

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence


kecerdasan artifisial

id-noun

kecerdasan artifisial (plural kecerdasan-kecerdasan artifisial)

Compound of kecerdasan + artifisial, calque of English artificial intelligence.


banaspati

From Javanese ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”) (compare Balinese ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)), from Old Javanese banaspati (“wood-devil; big tree”), from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).

der

(mythology) a kind of evil spirit with flame shapes like a fireball that often hovering in the night


direktif

directive: that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide


memfotokopi

mêmfotokopi (canonical)
difotokopi (passive)


lembaga pemikir

id-noun

lembaga pemikir (plural lembaga-lembaga pemikir)

think tank: a group of people who collectively perform research and develop reports and recommendations on topics relating to strategic planning or public policy, and which is usually funded by corporate, government, or special interests


wadah pemikir

wadah pemikir (plural wadah-wadah pemikir)


Uni Eropa

Kesatuan Eropah (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

Compound of Uni + Eropa, from Dutch Europese Unie.

(politics) European Union: a supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection


protokol kesehatan

protokol kesehatan (plural protokol-protokol kesehatan)

protokol-protokol kesehatan (plural)
prokes (alternative)

health protocol: rule, guideline in health subject


pemukiman

pêmukiman (canonical)
pemukiman-pemukiman (plural)

(proscribed) a community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city


gampong

From Acehnese gampông, from Proto-Malayic *puŋ (“to collect, gather”). Doublet of kampung. Compare Khmer កំពង់ (kɑmpŭəng, “landing, port; river town; waterfront”).

cog

a traditional Aceh administrative division which is a subdivision of mukim and divided into several dusun or jurong


presidensi

prèsidènsi (canonical)
presidensi-presidensi (plural)

From English presidency, from Medieval Latin praesidentia.

the time during which one is president; a president's term of office

presidency:
the office or role of president


perhitungan

pêrhitungan (canonical)
perhitungan-perhitungan (plural)

calculation:
the act or process of calculating


hutang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ (“debt”). Cognate with Javanese and Tagalog utang. Doublet of piutang.


buku rujukan

reference book: a book (or the electronic equivalent) to which one can refer for information


buku referensi

id-noun

buku referensi (plural buku-buku referensi)


mengurangi

kurang (root)
mengurangi (active)
terkurangi (passive)
dikurangi (passive)
kurangi
kurangilah
mengurangkan (active)
terkurangkan (passive)
dikurangkan (passive)
kurangkan
kurangkanlah

From Malay mengurangi. Equivalent to kurang + meng- -i.

Saya ingin mengurangi gajimu


gol bunuh diri

Compound of gol (“goal”) + bunuh diri (“suicide”), literally “suicidal goal”, a calque from Japanese 自殺点(じさつてん) (jisatsuten, “own goal”, literally “suicide point”).

ja-r

(soccer) own goal (a goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition)


pendapat

From Malay pendapat. Analyzed as peng- + dapat.


linguistik

From Dutch linguïstiek, from linguïst + -iek.

linguistics (the systematic and scholarly study of language)


linguistik

of or relating to language or linguistics

linguistic
relating to a computer language


ilmu bahasa

Compound of ilmu (“science”) + bahasa (“language”), a calque of Dutch taalkunde or taalwetenschap.

com+

linguistic (the systematic and scholarly study of language)


elpiji

liquefied petroleum gas
liquefied petroleum gas#English

the container in which LPG is typically stored


ikat pinggang

id-noun

ikat pinggang (plural ikat-ikat pinggang)

[ˈɪkat̚ ˈpɪŋɡaŋ]

Compound of ikat + pinggang. Compare to Chinese 腰帶／腰带 (“belt”, literally “waist band”).

belt: a band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing


kandang dan tandang

From kandang (“hometown”, noun) + dan (“and”) + tandang (“to be a guest”, verb), from English home-and-away.


genangan

gênangan (canonical)
genangan-genangan (plural)


kira-kira

probably, likely, possibly, presumably, apparently


pemurnian

pêmurnian (canonical)
pemurnian-pemurnian (plural)


penampakan

pênampakan (canonical)
penampakan-penampakan (plural)

the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye

the way something looks; personal presence


gelar griya

Compound of gelar + griya.
Coined by Indonesian engineer Ivan Lanin in July 2014.


pintu terbuka

id-noun

pintu terbuka (plural pintu-pintu terbuka)

From pintu (“door”) + terbuka (“open”), calque of English open door.


berharga

From Malay berharga. Equivalent to ber- + harga.


melabur

head

mêlabur (base/imperative labur, active melabur, passive dilabur)

mêlabur (canonical)
melabur (active)
dilabur (passive)

Affixed meng- + labur, from Malay melabur.

to whitewash: to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence

to supply (include food or money) the worker


leraian

lêraian (canonical)
leraian-leraian (plural)

(literature) dénouement; conclusion; resolution; unravelling


produksi

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch productie, from French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produk + -si.

der

production (the act of producing, making or creating something)

production (that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume)


produksi

head

produksi (active memproduksi, passive diproduksi)

memproduksi (active)
diproduksi (passive)


belian

bêlian (canonical)
belian-belian (plural)

purchase, property, possession, acquisition: That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly


belian

From Malay belian, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman, shamaness; shamanistic ceremony”). Cognate of Balinese ᬩᬮ᭄ᬬᬦ᭄ (balian).


belian

Bornean ironwood, billian, ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri)


pengeringan

pêngêringan (canonical)
pengeringan-pengeringan (plural)

[pəŋəˈrɪŋan]


menawarkan

mênawarkan (canonical)
tawar (root)
menawarkan (active)
tertawarkan (passive)
ditawarkan (passive)
tawarkan
tawarkanlah
mempertawarkan (active causative)
terpertawarkan (causative passive)
dipertawarkan (causative passive)
pertawarkan (causative)
pertawarkanlah (causative)

From Malay menawarkan. Equivalent to tawar + meng- -kan.


pengeruk

pêngêruk (canonical)
pengeruk-pengeruk (plural)

scraper: an instrument with which anything is scraped


penghasil

breadwinner (primary income-earner in a household)


penghasil

penghasil biji-bijian


penghormatan

pênghormatan (canonical)
penghormatan-penghormatan (plural)

reverence: an act of showing respect, such as a bow


pengurasan

pêngurasan (canonical)
pengurasan-pengurasan (plural)


pengurukan

pêngurukan (canonical)
pengurukan-pengurukan (plural)

activity of landfill or land reclamation


selesai

to be finished; to be completed; to be done


memberi

* IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /məm.bəˈri/
* Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i
* Hyphenation: mêm‧bê‧ri


mengembalikan

to place or put back something where it had been

Aku akan mengembalikan sisir ini kepada gadis itu.

to give something back to its original holder or owner

to take back something to a vendor for a refund


mata air

Compound of mata + air, from Malay mata air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata nu wahiR (“spring of water, source of a river”).

spring: a spray or body of water springing from the ground


jelantah

jêlantah (canonical)
jelantah-jelantah (plural)


kamar mandi

Compound of kamar (“room”) + mandi (“bath”), probably partial calque of Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”).

partial calque

bathroom: a room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet

lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub


imparsial

From English impartial, from French impartial.

(law) impartial: treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased


parsial

From Dutch partieel, from French partiel, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).

der

partial: existing as a part or portion; incomplete


telemedisin

télémédisin (canonical)
telemedisin-telemedisin (plural)

(healthcare) telemedicine: the transfer of medical information via telecommunication technologies for the purpose of consulting or for remote medical procedures or examinations


valuasi

From Dutch valuatie, from Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir, from Latin valēre.

(finance) valuation: an estimation of something's worth; the process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability


varisela

variséla (canonical)
varisela-varisela (plural)

Learned borrowing from New Latin varicella, diminutive of variola (“pox”).

lbor

(pathology) varicella, chicken pox: a common childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), Human alphaherpesvirus 3 (HHV-3)


cacar air

Compound of cacar (“pox”) + air (“water”), calque from Chinese 水痘 (“chicken pox”, literally “water + small pox”).


cacar

Inherited from Malay cacar, from Hindi चेचक (cecak).

(pathology) variola, smallpox: An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks


cacar

(dialect) to mow the grass and trim the tree


cacar

(dialect: Batak Karo) worn mats and so on which are laid out under new mats as a base


cacar

term in the game of bekel when a player can take all the shells one by one


rumah tangga

Compound of rumah (“house”) + tangga (“ladder, stair”), literally “laddered/staired house”.

com+

household (collectively, all the persons who live in a given house)

household (entirety of work and management required to sustain the household)


rumah tangga

household (bolonging to the same house and family)

household (found in or having its origin in a home)


rumah pelacuran

id-noun

rumah pelacuran (plural rumah-rumah pelacuran)


prosiding

proceeding: A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society


telemedis

From tele- + medis (“medical”), from English telemedicine.


ompol

ompol (root)
mengompol (active nominative)
terompol (nominative passive)
diompol (nominative passive)
ompol (nominative)
ompollah (nominative)
mengompoli (active)
terompoli (passive)
diompoli (passive)
ompoli
ompolilah
mengompolkan (active)
terompolkan (passive)
diompolkan (passive)
ompolkan
ompolkanlah
memperompol (active causative nominative)
terperompol (causative nominative passive)
diperompol (causative nominative passive)
perompol (causative nominative)
perompollah (causative nominative)
memperompoli (active causative)
terperompoli (causative passive)
diperompoli (causative passive)
perompoli (causative)
perompolilah (causative)
memperompolkan (active causative)
terperompolkan (causative passive)
diperompolkan (causative passive)
perompolkan (causative)
perompolkanlah (causative)


skrining

screening:
the process of checking or filtering

(medicine) a method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease


kartu identitas pensiun

From kartu identitas (“Identity card”) + pensiun (“pension”).


kartu identitas

id-noun

kartu identitas (plural kartu-kartu identitas)

Compound of kartu (“card”) + identitas (“identity”).


transaksional

transactional: of, pertaining to or involving transactions


jicing

[ˈd͡ʒit͡ʃɪŋ]

From Chinese 煙燼／烟烬, compound of 煙 /烟 (yān, “opium”) + 燼 /烬 (jìn, “ashes”).


penutup

closing (the end or conclusion of something)


bahan bakar penerbangan

From bahan bakar (“fuel”) + penerbangan (“aviation”), calque of English aviation fuel.


paket hemat

pakét hémat (canonical)
pahe (alternative)

From paket (“package”) + hemat (“frugal”).

promotion package (in restaurants, cafes, and stores)

(slang, drugs) very small doses of powdered drugs (such as methamphetamine and heroin), usually below 0,5 g (500 mg)


mjd

(text messaging) Abbreviation of menjadi.


sdr

(text messaging) Abbreviation of saudara.


cemerlang

From Malay cemerlang, equivalent to cerlang + -em-.


kekasih

id-noun

kekasih (plural kekasih-kekasih or para kekasih)

kekasih-kekasih (plural)
para kekasih (plural)

Inherited from Malay kekasih, equavilent to ke- + kasih.


Sdr.

Abbreviation of Saudara. a title used before the name, equivalent to Mr. in English


valuta asing

Compound of valuta (“currency”) + asing (“foreign”), calque of English foreign currency.


proefrit

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch proefrit (“test ride, test drive”).


anyam

From Malay anyam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *añam.


kekerasan dalam rumah tangga

KDRT (alternative initialism)
kekerasan rumah tangga (alternative)

Compound of kekerasan (“violence”) + dalam (“in”) + rumah tangga (“household”), literally “violence in household”, from Dutch huiselijk geweld (“domestic violence”). Compare to Japanese 家庭内暴力 (kateinai-bōryoku, “domestic violence”, literally “violence in-household”).


KDRT

kekerasan dalam rumah tangga
kekerasan dalam rumah tangga#Indonesian

Initialism of kekerasan dalam rumah tangga (“domestic violence”).


tarik tali

Compound of tarik + tali, inherited from Malay tarik tali.

(rare) tug of war: a game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams


percaya diri

Likely from percaya (“believe”) + diri (“self”).

confident about oneself, especially about one's abilities or strengths


kekerasan

kêkêrasan (canonical)
kekerasan-kekerasan (plural)

Affixed keras + ke- -an. The sense of violence is a semantic loan from Dutch geweld.

violence (action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering)

force, coercion: power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power


alat pelindung diri

Compound of alat (“tool”) + pelindung (“protector”) + diri (“self”), literally “self-protector tool”, calque of English personal protective equipment.

clq

personal protective equipment
personal protective equipment


triwulan

quarter, trimester (period of three months)


caturwulan

Affixed catur- (“four”) + wulan (“month”), calque of Latin quadrimestris. Compare to French quadrimestre.

(education, historical) the previous school term in Indonesia, one third of a school year, consist of four months period


ilmu pasti

Compound of ilmu (“science”) + pasti (“sure, certain”), calque of Dutch wiskunde (“mathematics”, literally “art of what is known”) and Dutch exacte wetenschap.
* Sense of exact science is reinforced by semantic loan from English exact science.
* Sense of mathematics was displaced by matematika.

sl

Kesarjanaan al - Biruni terutama sekali dijuruskan untuk matematika (ilmu pasti)....

Al-Biruni scholarship was in mathematics....


terali

têrali (canonical)
terali-terali (plural)
teralis (alternative)

From Dutch tralie, from Middle Dutch trailie, tralie, traelge, from Middle French treille (Modern French treille), from Latin trichila.


pasta gigi

Compound of pasta (“paste”) + gigi (“tooth”), literally “tooth paste”, a calque of Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”).


pitam

From Malay pitam, from Tamil பித்தம் (pittam, “madness; folly”), from Sanskrit पित्त (pitta, “bile”).

der

dizziness (due to blood rising to the head)


ilmu eksakta

Compound of ilmu (“science”) + eksakta (“exact”), calque of Dutch exacte wetenschap.


kerosak

kêrosak (canonical)
kerosak-kerosak (plural)
kerosek (alternative)

sound made by stepping or walking on dry leaves


selundupan

sêlundupan (canonical)
selundupan-selundupan (plural)


akuntansi

From Dutch accountancy, from English accountancy.

akuntansi pendapatan dan produk nasional

accounting: the development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business

accountancy: the function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information


fardu

From Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “obligation”). Doublet of perlu.

(Islam) a duty or obligation believing Muslims must practice


akar pangkat dua

id-noun

akar pangkat dua (plural akar-akar pangkat dua)

Compound of akar (“root”) + pangkat (“power”) + dua (“two”), calque of Dutch tweedemachtswortel (“square root”).


kecerdasan

kêcêrdasan (canonical)
kecerdasan-kecerdasan (plural)

intelligence: capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn


manifestasi

Borrowed from Dutch manifestatie, from French manifestation, from Latin manifestātiō.

manifestation (the embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing)


manifestasi

head

manifestasi (active memanifestasi, passive dimanifestasi)

memanifestasi (active)
dimanifestasi (passive)


manifes

Borrowed from Dutch manifest, from Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendō (“strike”). Doublet of manifesto.

a list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship

manifesto: a public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party


lembar kerja

id-noun

lembar kerja (plural lembar-lembar kerja)

From lembar (“sheet”) + kerja (“work”), calque of English worksheet.


kertas kerja

kertas kerja (plural kertas-kertas kerja)

Compound of kertas (“paper”) + kerja (“work”), calque of English working paper.

(dated) working paper: an authoritative report, generated by a team investigating a specific issue or scenario to propose solutions or enhancements, can be likened to a document that records preliminary figures, notes, data, or account analyses

routine work involving written documents


tata negara

Compound of tata + negara.
* The term was used to translate Japanese 国体(こくたい) (kokutai, “the character of the nation; national polity”).

ja-r

(government) constitution: the formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions


suruh

suruh (root)
menyuruh (active nominative)
tersuruh (nominative passive)
disuruh (nominative passive)
suruh (nominative)
suruhlah (nominative)
menyuruhi (active)
tersuruhi (passive)
disuruhi (passive)
suruhi
suruhilah
menyuruhkan (active)
tersuruhkan (passive)
disuruhkan (passive)
suruhkan
suruhkanlah
mempersuruh (active causative nominative)
terpersuruh (causative nominative passive)
dipersuruh (causative nominative passive)
persuruh (causative nominative)
persuruhlah (causative nominative)
mempersuruhi (active causative)
terpersuruhi (causative passive)
dipersuruhi (causative passive)
persuruhi (causative)
persuruhilah (causative)
mempersuruhkan (active causative)
terpersuruhkan (causative passive)
dipersuruhkan (causative passive)
persuruhkan (causative)
persuruhkanlah (causative)
soeroeh (alternative)

Inherited from Malay suruh, from Proto-Malayic *suruh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀuq, from Proto-Austronesian *suʀuq.

(transitive) to order (to issue a command to)


tukur

Asian barbet (any bird of the family Megalaimidae)


resik

Inherited from Malay resik. Onomatopoeic.


sdt

Lowercase spelling and dot absence follow English tsp.

Abbreviation of sendok teh (“tsp, teaspoon”).


teknis

tèknis (canonical)
teknik (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)
teknikal (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

From Dutch technisch, from Dutch technisch.


menongkrong

mênongkrong (canonical)
nongkrong (alternative colloquial)
nongki (alternative slang)

/məˈnɔŋkrɔŋ/

to hang out (to spend time with somebody)

(obsolete) to squat (to bend at the knees)


teknik kimia

id-noun

teknik kimia (plural teknik-teknik kimia)

Compound of teknik (“engineering”) + kimia (“chemistry”), calque of English chemical engineering.

com

chemical engineering
chemical engineering

chemical engineering: the branch of engineering that deals with the design, construction and operation of industrial process plants, and the physical, chemical and biological processes to create substances or energy in a useful and economic form


teknik sipil

id-noun

teknik sipil (plural teknik-teknik sipil)

Compound of teknik (“engineering”) + sipil (“civil”), calque of Dutch civiele techniek.

com

civil engineering: the branch of engineering that deals with the technical design and construction of public works (buildings, roads, bridges, harbors, public greens ...) and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones


teknik mesin

id-noun

teknik mesin (plural teknik-teknik mesin)

Compound of teknik (“engineering”) + mesin (“machine”), calque of Dutch werktuigbouwkunde (“mechanical engineering”).

clq

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

mechanical engineering: the subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems


teknik elektro

id-noun

teknik elektro (plural teknik-teknik elektro)

Compound of teknik (“engineering”) + elektro, calque of Dutch elektrotechniek (“electrical engineering”).

clq

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(engineering) electrical engineering: the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity, especially the design and application of circuitry and equipment for power generation and distribution, machine control, and communications


berdikari

Inherited from Malay berdikari. Blend of berdiri + atas + kaki + sendiri.

blend

stand on one's own two feet
stand on one's own two feet

(figurative, intransitive) to stand on one's own two feet; to be independent and self-sufficient


dokter jawa

Compound of dokter (“doctor, physician”) + Jawa.


pindapata

From Pali piṇḍapāta, from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa, “food, sustenance”) + पात (pāta).


munafik

id-noun

munafik (plural munafik-munafik or para munafik or munafikin)

munafik-munafik (plural)
para munafik (plural)
munafikin (plural)

(Islam) someone who claims to bear witness of the Oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad but actually does not so in their heart


puntung

Banyak puntung rokok yang dibuang sepanjang jalan ini

There's a lot of butts being littered down this road.

the remains of something that partially has been burned


sepak

From Malay sepak, from Old Javanese sepak (“to kick”).


sepak

infinitive, imperative and colloquial of menyepak (“to kick”)


sepak

From Malay sĕpak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak.

slap: the sound of blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat


sepak

From Dutch spaak (“spoke; boom or handle”), from Middle Dutch spake, an Ingvaeonic form of the more usual speke, from Old Dutch *spēka, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ.

(colloquial) spoke: a support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim


kebenaran

kêbênaran (canonical)
kebenaran-kebenaran (plural)

Affixed benar + ke- -an, from Malay kebenaran.


barang siapa

Compound of barang (“marker of indefiniteness”) + siapa (“who”), from Malay barang siapa. The sense in law was coined to translate Dutch Hij Die.

com

Barangsiapa yang secara melawan hukum di muka umum dengan lisan, tulisan, dan atau melalui media apapun, menyebarkan atau mengembangkan ajaran Komunisme/Marxisme-Leninisme dalam segala bentuk dan perwujudan, dipidana dengan pidana penjara paling lama 12 (dua belas) tahun.

Whoever unlawfully disseminates or develops the Communist/Marxist-Leninist ideology publicly in any way, shape or form through oral, textual, or any other media, will be imprisoned for a maximum time of 12 (twelve) years.


melindungi

mêlindungi (canonical)
lindung (root)
melindungi (active)
terlindungi (passive)
dilindungi (passive)
lindungi
lindungilah
melindungkan (active)
terlindungkan (passive)
dilindungkan (passive)
lindungkan
lindungkanlah


semoga

sêmoga (canonical)
s'moga (alternative contraction)

Semoga sukses!


ziarah

ziarah-ziarah (plural)
jiarah (alternative)
ziarat (alternative)

From Malay ziarah, from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra).


ziarah

jiarah (alternative)
ziarat (alternative)

(colloquial) Informal form of berziarah.


seputar

sêputar (canonical)
seputar-seputar (plural)


setahun

sêtahun (canonical)
setahun-setahun (plural)


terbentuk

Terbentuk dari ovum yang hina
 Dibuahi sperma dan ludah
 Diberkati jiwa yang cacat

2018, “Lahir Mata Satir”, performed by Deadsquad:

Formed from a lesser ovum
 Fertilized sperm and saliva
 Blessed with defective soul


wkwkwk

Either:
*From the abbreviation of gue (written as ‘w’) and ketawa (written as ‘k’) as a way to reduce carrier fees. SMS language, or
* Altered from wakakaka or wekwekwek (satirical laugh, imitated duck). Onomatopoeic


terdiri

to consist, to be composed, to be made up


terus

of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line

directly; without pause, delay or detour

continuously; without interruption or pause


tiap

From Betawi [Term?], from Chinese Hakka 帖 (thiap, “classifier for doses of herbal medicine”).

zh-l

rent: a payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property


perdagangan

pêrdagangan (canonical)
perdagangan-perdagangan (plural)

perdagangan narkotika dan psikotropika ilegal


perniagaan

pêrniagaan (canonical)
perniagaan-perniagaan (plural)


sekuriti

sêkuriti (canonical)
sekuriti-sekuriti (plural)

From English security, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (Modern French sécurité), from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe, secure”). Doublet of sekuritas.

security: an organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order


kuotasi

(trading) quotation: a price that has been quoted for buying or selling; the act of setting a price


nilai tukar

Compound of nilai (“mark”) + tukar (“exchange”), calque of Dutch wisselkoers (“exchange rate”).


kurtase

kurtasê (canonical)
kurtase-kurtase (plural)

From Dutch courtage, from French courtage.

(trading) commission: a fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction


merek dagang

id-noun

merek dagang (plural merek-merek dagang)

Compound of merek (“brand”) + dagang (“trade”), calque of Dutch handelsmerk (“trademark”).


neraca perdagangan

id-noun

nêraca pêrdagangan (plural neraca-neraca perdagangan)

nêraca pêrdagangan (canonical)
neraca-neraca perdagangan (plural)

Compound of neraca (“balance”) + perdagangan (“trade”), calque of Dutch handelsbalans.

com

(trading) balance of trade, trade balance, commercial balance: the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time


neraca ekspor-impor

Compound of neraca (“balance”) + ekspor (“export”) + impor (“import”).

neraca perdagangan
neraca perdagangan#Indonesian


neraca pembayaran

id-noun

nêraca pêmbayaran (plural neraca-neraca pembayaran)

nêraca pêmbayaran (canonical)
neraca-neraca pembayaran (plural)

Compound of neraca (“balance”) + pembayaran (“payment”), calque of Dutch betalingsbalans.

com

(trading) balance of payments: a measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows


pemakaian

Pemakaian seragam sekolah harus rapi.

The wearing of school uniforms must be neat.

wearing (the act by which something is worn)

Jangan boros dalam pemakaian listrik.


tabah

From Malay tabah, from Betawi [Term?] or Javanese tabah, probably from Sanskrit तवाः (tavāḥ), a declension of तवस् (tavas, “strong”).


tabah

alternative form of tebah (“to hit to/with flat thing”)


unjuk rasa

Compound of unjuk (“to show”) + rasa (“feeling”). Attested since 1921 as oendjoek rasa. Replaced tunjuk perasaan.


tunjuk perasaan

id-noun

tunjuk perasaan (plural tunjuk-tunjuk perasaan)

Compound of tunjuk (“to show”) + perasaan (“feeling”), from Malay tunjuk perasaan. Replaced by unjuk rasa.


balikan

(slang) to get back together (about dating)


balikan

(music) musical instrument from West Kalimantan, long in shape, wide on the right side, small and tapered in the middle, the widened ends are thinner, played by plucking, made by the Dayak tribe in the Kapuas Hulu area


lembaran neraca

id-noun

lembaran neraca (plural lembaran-lembaran neraca)

Compound of lembaran (“sheet”) + neraca (“balance”), calque of English balance sheet


dina hari

From Javanese dina (“day”) + hari (“day”).


pasar tradisional

From pasar (“market”) + tradisional (“traditional”), calque of English traditional market.


pasar rakyat

From pasar (“market”) + rakyat (“people”), literally “people's market”.


toko modern

From toko (“shop, store”) + modern (“modern”), replaced by toko swalayan.

self-service store (minimarket, supermarket, hypermarket and department store)


toko swalayan

From toko (“shop, store”) + swalayan (“self-service”), calque of Dutch zelfbedieningswinkel (“supermarket”, literally “self-service + shop”), replaced toko modern.


pelaku usaha

Compound of pelaku (“doer”) + usaha (“business”), literally “someone or something who doing business”.


ganti rugi

Compound of ganti + rugi (“loss”), literally “loss compensation”, calque from Chinese 賠償／赔偿 (péicháng).

(insurance) a principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse


ganti untung

id-noun

ganti untung (plural ganti-ganti untung)

From ganti + untung (“gain”), literally “profit compensation”.


korporat

From Dutch corporate, from English corporate, from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to make into a body”), which in turn was formed from corpus (“body”).


produsen

produsèn (canonical)
produsen-produsen (plural)

From Dutch producent, from Latin producens.

(economics) producer: an individual or organization that creates goods and services


pengadilan agung

id-noun

pengadilan agung (plural pengadilan-pengadilan agung)

pengadilan-pengadilan agung (plural)
pengadilan agoeng (alternative)

Compound of pengadilan (“court”) + agung (“supreme”), calque from Japanese 最高法院(さいこうほういん) (saikōhōin, “supreme court”), term used in East Asia, except for Japanese home islands, 最高裁判所(さいこうさいばんしょ) (saikōsaibansho). Continuation of Dutch hooggerechtshof (“supreme court”). Displaced by mahkamah agung.

ja-r

Persidangan pertama di Pengadilan Tinggi ini berlangsung di Banco Court di Pengadilan Agung (Supreme Court) di Melbourne pada 6 Oktober 1903.

The first sitting of the High Court took place in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court in Melbourne on 6 October 1903.

Pada Rabu (22/11/2023), pihak kurator Horizonte, yaitu David Griffin dan Nicholas James Gronow, yang diangkat oleh Pengadilan Agung Kepulauan Cayman sebagai pemohon pailit, telah mengajukan bukti-bukti kepada majelis hakim Pengadilan Niaga Semarang.

Oentoek sementara waktoe, pekerdjaan Saikoo Hooin (Pengadilan Agoeng) den Saikoo Kensatu Kyuku (Kedjaksaan Pengadilan Agoeng) dihentikan, serta hal-hal jang termasoek dalam kekoeasaannja dioeroes menoeroet atoeran pasal 2 sampai pasal 6.

(historical, law) supreme court: a court of law which represents the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction


kerja bakti

Compound of kerja (“work”) + bakti (“service”), calque from Japanese 勤労奉仕(きんろうほうし) (kinrōhōshi, “public work”, literally “labour service”).

(colloquial, euphemistic) corvee: unpaid labor required by a feudal lord


seruling

Affixation of suling + -er-, inherited from Malay seruling.


belanga

bêlanga (canonical)
belanga-belanga (plural)

Inherited from Malay belanga, from Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (“shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan”).

inh

(cooking) cauldron, earthenware cooking pot


kaidah emas

From kaidah (“rule”) + emas (“gold”), calque of English golden rule.


janasuci

Compound of Old Javanese jana + suci (“holy”)

com+

Old Javanese <i class="Latn mention" lang="kaw">jana</i>


biadab

Inherited from Malay biadab, from Persian بیادب (bi-adab, “impolite, rude”).

der

(sometimes offensive) uncivilized, impolite, barbaric


kebal

From Malay kebal. Cognate of Minangkabau kaba.

(immunology) protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens


serat optik

From serat (“fibre”) + optik (“optical”), calque of English optical fibre.


serat kaca

From serat (“fibre”) + kaca (“glass”), calque of English glass fiber.


kekosongan

kêkosongan (canonical)
kekosongan-kekosongan (plural)

emptiness (the state or feeling of being empty)

(physics) vacancy (defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice)


didik

head

didik (base-imperative didik, active mendidik, ordinary passive dididik, adversative passive terdidik)

mendidik (active)
didik (root)
mendidik (active nominative)
terdidik (nominative passive)
dididik (nominative passive)
didik (nominative)
didiklah (nominative)


menyawak

mênyawak (canonical)
menyawak-menyawak (plural)

From Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.

Synonym of biawak (“monitor lizard (Varanus sp.)”)


oligark

Borrowed from Dutch oligarch, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).


hak memesan efek terlebih dahulu

Compound of hak (“right”) + memesan (“to order”) + efek (“security”) + terlebih dahulu (“foremost”), literally “right to order securities before anyone else”. Compare to Japanese 新株予約権(しんかぶよやくけん) (shinkabu yoyaku-ken, “new share promissory right”).


merah padam

Compound of merah (“red”) + padam (“lotus-like”), from Malay merah padam, from earlier merah padma.


bukak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukaʔ, *bukaq (“to open, uncover”), *-kaq (“open forcibly”).

inh

(dialect, colloquial) alternative form of buka


buah keras bersayap

(botany) an indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a key; a samara


buah keras

From buah (“fruit”) + keras (“hard”), literally “hard fruit”.

com

(botany) a fruit with a hard shell or rind; a nux


buah kurung

From buah (“fruit”) + kurung, literally “confined fruit”.

(botany) a small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup: achene


buah bumbung

(botany) a type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants: follicle


makmur

ma'moer (alternative)
makmoer (alternative)


catur-

From Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


genesa

From Dutch genese (“genesis”), from Latin genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-.

der

Genesa batubara.


genesa bahan galian

From genesa + bahan galian, calque of English mineral genesis.


bahan galian

From bahan (“material”) + galian, calque of Dutch [Term?].


barang tambang

From barang (“good”) + tambang (“mine”), literally “mined goods”, calque of Dutch [Term?].


bahan tambang

From bahan (“material”) + tambang (“mine”), literally “mined material”, calque of Dutch [Term?].


pabrikasi

Affixed pabrik + -asi, from Dutch fabricatie, from French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Doublet of fabrikasi.

fabrication: the act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture


fabrikasi

Affixed fabrik + -asi, from English fabrication, from French fabrication, from Latin fabricatio. Doublet of pabrikasi.

fabrication: that which is fabricated; a falsehood


persejajaran bentuk

persejajaran baris
persejajaran baris#Indonesian


adat istiadat

id-noun

adat istiadat (plural adat-adat istiadat)


paksa badan

paksa (“to force”) + badan (“body”), literally “to force a body”, from Dutch gijzeling.


sandera badan

sandera + badan (“body”), from Dutch gijzeling.

(law, dated) Synonym of paksa badan (“imprisonment for civil debt”)


penyanderaan

sandera (“hostage”) + peng- -an, calque of Dutch gijzeling.


EBT

Initialism of energi baru dan terbarukan (“new and renewable energy”).


plasma konvalesen

From plasma (“plasma”) + konvalesen (“convalescent”), calque of English convalescent plasma.


kejadian ikutan pascaimunisasi

KIPI (alternative)
kejadian ikutan pasca imunisasi (alternative)

From kejadian (“event”) + ikutan (“following”) + pascaimunisasi (“post-immunisation”), literally “events following post-immunisation”.

(medicine) adverse event following immunization: any untoward medical occurrence which follows immunization and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the vaccine


penghindaran

pênghindaran (canonical)
penghindaran-penghindaran (plural)


Jauza

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْجَوْزَاء (al-jawzāʔ).

bor+

اَلْجَوْزَاء


loker

a type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers

a storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked


loker

lowongan kerja
lowongan kerja#Indonesian

Acronym of lowongan kerja (“job vacancy”).


loker

the decoration on the lenggi is in the form of double twists, green leaf teeth, and so on


orang-orang

Reduplication of orang (“person, human being”).


permainan video

video game (a type of game, existing as and controlled by software)


alat tulis

Compound of alat (“tool”) + tulis (“to write”), calque of Dutch schrijfgerei (“stationery”).


reka bentuk

Compound of reka + bentuk, borrowed from Malay reka bentuk (“design”).

bor+

Pikirannja terus berbitjara dan bertjerita dan mereka-reka bentuk masa datang.

His mind keep talking and telling and design-ing future.


tahanan jenis

id-noun

tahanan jenis (plural tahanan-tahanan jenis)

(electricity) resistivity, the resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement


hambatan

resistance;
something for resisting motion

hambatan listrik
hambatan listrik#Indonesian

(electricity) synonym of hambatan listrik

(mechanics) drag: resistance of a fluid to something moving through it

(biochemistry, rare) inhibition: the process of stopping or retarding a reaction


hambatan listrik

hambatan listrik (plural hambatan-hambatan listrik)

From hambatan (“resistance”) + listrik (“electric”), calque of English electrical resistance.

com

electrical resistance
electrical resistance

(electricity) electrical resistance: the opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R


per- -kan

head

pêr- -kan (non-active/imperative/basic per- -kan, active memper- -kan, passive diper- -kan)

pêr- -kan (canonical)
memper- -kan (active)
diper- -kan (passive)

used to form causative benefactive aspects and transitivity on a verb

lihat (“to see”) → perlihatkan (“cause (someone) to see”)

used to form causative applicative aspects and transitivity on a verb


ihtiyat

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from صَلَاة الِاحْتِيَاط (ṣalāt al-iḥtiyāṭ)

bor+

(Islam) a precaution taken in determining prayer times by adding or subtracting time so as not to precede the start of the prayer time and not to exceed the end of the prayer time


imunisasi

From Dutch immunitatie, from French immunisation.

(medicine) the process by which an individual is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material

(immunology) process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen)


kapasitit

Alternative form of kapasitas (“capacity”)


planologi

urban planning, regional planning, town planning, city planning, or rural planning: a technical [and political] process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility


rencana pelajaran

id-noun

rencana pelajaran (plural rencana-rencana pelajaran)

Compound of rencana (“plan”) + pelajaran (“teaching”), a calque of Dutch leerplan (“curriculum”, literally “teaching plan”).


kurikulum

From English curriculum, from Latin curriculum (“course”).


gimnasium

Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian

From Dutch gymnasium (“a type of school”), from Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
* The sense of indoor sport place is a semantic loan from English gymnasium.

der

(education) a type of secondary school (for 12- to 18-year-olds) which prepares students for university or vocational school, and which offers classes in Latin and/or Greek

(sports) large room or building for indoor sports


kombinasi

kombinasi-kombinasi (plural)
combinatie (alternative)

From Dutch combinatie, from French combination, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French combination, from Late Latin combinatio.


publikasi

From Dutch publicatie, from Middle Dutch publicatie, from Middle French publication, (ultimately) from Old French [Term?], from Latin pūblicātiō.

the communication of information to the general public etc.

the act of publishing printed or other matter

an issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution


puyer

From colloquial Dutch poeier (standard Dutch poeder), from Old French poudre, from Latin pulvis. Doublet of puder. Cognate of Afrikaans poeier, Papiamentu: puiru, poeier.

powder: the fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay


semong

sêmong (canonical)
semong-semong (plural)

tsunami: a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption


adodui

an oral tradition of the Pompakng Dayak tribe related to a war event or the life history of a powerful figure


adiperagawan

adipêragawan (canonical)
adiperagawan-adiperagawan (plural)

Affixed adi- + peragawan, calque of English supermodel.


adiyuswa

Prefixed adi- + *yuswa, from Javanese yuswa (ꦪꦸꦱ꧀ꦮ, “old”), from Old Javanese yuṣa, āyuṣa, āyuṣya (“life”), from Sanskrit आयुष्य (āyuṣya). Compare to Indonesian usia (“age”).


ageisme

agéismê (canonical)
ageisme-ageisme (plural)

Reconstructed *age + -isme, from English ageism.

ageism: the treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age


akelit

akélit (canonical)
akelit-akelit (plural)


radang

radang (root)
meradang (active nominative)
teradang (nominative passive)
diradang (nominative passive)
radang (nominative)
radanglah (nominative)
meradangi (active)
teradangi (passive)
diradangi (passive)
radangi
radangilah
meradangkan (active)
teradangkan (passive)
diradangkan (passive)
radangkan
radangkanlah
memperradang (active causative nominative)
terperradang (causative nominative passive)
diperradang (causative nominative passive)
perradang (causative nominative)
perradanglah (causative nominative)
memperradangi (active causative)
terperradangi (causative passive)
diperradangi (causative passive)
perradangi (causative)
perradangilah (causative)
memperradangkan (active causative)
terperradangkan (causative passive)
diperradangkan (causative passive)
perradangkan (causative)
perradangkanlah (causative)


konduksi

→ Malay: konduksi

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch conductie, from Latin conductio, conductionem (“a bringing together”).

(physics, thermodynamics) conduction: The conveying of heat or electricity through material


serebelum

Borrowed from English cerebellum, from Latin cerebellum.


bangau

stork (a large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae)


algoritmis

algoritmis-algoritmis (plural)
algoritmik (alternative)


algoritmik

algoritmik-algoritmik (plural)
algoritmis (alternative)


landak laut

Compound of landak (“porcupine; (by extension) hedgehog”) + laut (“sea”).

com+

Aristotle's lantern
Aristotle's lantern#English

sea urchin (any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern)


RKB

Initialism of ruang kelas baru (“new classrooms”).


laknat

From Malay laknat, from Arabic لَعْنَة (laʕna).


laknat

Sebagai mahasiswa, kita harus menghapus ideologi komunisme/Marxisme-Leninisme yang laknat itu dari muka dunia!

As students we must wipe that damned Communist/Marxist-Leninist ideology off the face of the earth!


RAB

(accounting) Initialism of rencana anggaran belanja (“budget estimate plan”).


usus besar

Compound of usus (“intestine”) + besar (“large”).

(anatomy) large intestine, large bowel: the second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum


sekum

Learned borrowing from Latin caecum (“caecum”, literally “invisible, hidden”).


sekum

sekretaris umum
sekretaris umum#Indonesian

short for sekretaris umum (“general secretary”).


jilat

head

jilat (base-imperative jilat, active menjilat, ordinary passive dijilat, adversative passive terjilat)

Inherited from Malay jilat (“to lick”), from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).


influen

influèn (canonical)
influen-influen (plural)

From English influent, from Latin influent.


ekualitas

Learned borrowing from Latin aequālitās. Reanalyzed as *ekual + -itas.


kejahatan ringan

From kejahatan (“crime”) + ringan (“light”), from English petty crime.


wewenang

wêwênang (canonical)
wewenang-wewenang (plural)

Reduplication of wenang, borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦤꦁ (wewenang, “privilege”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?]. Semantic loan from Dutch bevoegdheid.


kewenangan

id-noun

kêwênangan (countable and uncountable, plural kewenangan-kewenangan)

kêwênangan (canonical)
kewenangan-kewenangan (plural)

(law) authority (power to enforce rules or give orders)


delik aduan

Compound of delik (“delict”) + aduan (“complaint”), calque of Dutch klachtdelict (literally “complaint delict”).

cal

(law) a type of crime requiring a complaint from a victim in order to be prosecuted


alat terakhir

Compound of alat (“tool”) + terakhir (“last”), coined by Indonesian legal expert Sudikno Mertokusumo in 1996.


penemuan hukum

From penemuan + hukum (“law”), calque of Dutch rechtsvinding.


surat keterangan domisili

From surat keterangan (“certificate”) + domisili (“domicile”).

compound

(Indonesia) certificate of domicile, issued by subdistrict (kelurahan) or district (kecamatan) officer which required cover letter from head of neighborhood (rukun tetangga) or hamlet (rukun warga)


surat ketetapan pajak

From surat (“document”) + ketetapan (“determination”) + pajak (“tax”), literally “document of tax determination”.


surat muatan

From surat (“document”) + muatan (“load”), literally “load document”.


surat paksa

From surat (“document”) + paksa (“to force”), literally “document to force something”.


surat pemberitahuan

From surat (“document”) + pemberitahuan (“notice”), literally “notice document”.
* Replaced Dutch aangiftebiljet (“tax return”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.


kepatuhan

obedience (the quality of being obedient)


pembuat undang-undang

From pembuat (“maker”) + undang-undang, calque of Dutch wetgever.


surat penawaran kerja

id-noun

surat penawaran kerja (plural surat-surat penawaran kerja)

From surat penawaran (“offer”) + kerja (“work”).


surat penawaran indikatif

id-noun

surat penawaran indikatif (plural surat-surat penawaran indikatif)

surat-surat penawaran indikatif (plural)

From surat penawaran (“offer”) + indikatif (“indicative”), calque of English indicative offer.


perwakilan negara asing

From perwakilan (“representative”) + negara asing (“foreign country”).

com

(diplomacy) foreign country representatives


komuk

From metathesis of mokuk, from muka + -ok- with the final rime elided. Backronymed as blend of kondisi (“condition”) + muka (“face”).

blend

2013-10-07, FR Gath DC oktober 2013 di semanggi.., kaskus.co.id

... whose face looked a lot like a little motherfucker ...

... yg komuk nya sebelas dua belas sama anak babi ...

(informal, originally Prokem slang, vulgar) face


nyaman

Inherited from Malay nyaman, from Classical Malay ڽامن (nyaman), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñaman (“tasty, delicious”).


sarkas

"Itu omongan jujur apa sarkas ya, Bi?"

"Aunty, is the talk a truth or a sarcasm?"

(informal) apocopic form of sarkasme (“sarcasm”)


penangkapan ikan

From penangkapan (“catching”) + ikan (“fish”), literally “fish catching”.


kesengajaan

kêsêngajaan (canonical)
kesengajaan-kesengajaan (plural)

Affixed sengaja + ke- -an. Semantic loan from Dutch opzet for civil law sense.


kealpaan

Affixed alpa + ke- -an. Semantic loan from Dutch schuld.


delik biasa

Compound of delik (“delict”) + biasa (“regular”), calque of Dutch gewone delict.


percobaan

pêrcobaan (canonical)
percobaan-percobaan (plural)

Affixed coba (“try”) + per- -an. Semantic loan from Dutch poging (“attempt”).

sl

attempt: the action of trying at something


kultivasi

cultivation: tillage of crops, collection of (micro-)organisms


asam lemak

Compound of asam (“acid”) + lemak (“fat”), calque of Dutch vetzuur (“fatty acid”).


wanua

From Buginese [Term?], from Proto-South Sulawesi *banua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua. Doublet of banua and benua.

traditional area in Buginese, subdivided into several kampung


alur cerita

Compound of alur (“line”) + cerita (“story”), calque of Dutch verhaallijn (“storyline”).

clq

(literature) plot, storyline: the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means


jalan cerita

id-noun

jalan cêrita (plural jalan-jalan cerita)

jalan cêrita (canonical)
jalan-jalan cerita (plural)

Compound of jalan (“road, way”) + cerita (“story”).

(literature) plot, storyline (the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means)


bilangan pokok

bilangan pokok (plural bilangan-bilangan pokok)

Compound of bilangan (“number”) + pokok (“primary”).

(mathematics) cardinal number, counting number, cardinal: A number used to denote quantity


bagong

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦒꦺꦴꦁ (bagong). Equivalent to ber- + agung.


bagong

Borrowed from Sundanese bagong. Doublet of babi.


ketombe

kêtombé (canonical)
ketombe-ketombe (plural)

(dermatology) dandruff: Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis


memasak

head

mêmasak (base masak, imperative masaklah, active memasak, ordinary passive dimasak)

mêmasak (canonical)
masaklah (imperative)
memasak (active)


memasak

mêmasak (active memasak, ordinary passive dipasak)


bersenandung

bêrsênandung (nominative active bersenandung)

bêrsênandung (canonical)
bersenandung (active nominative)


senandung

sênandung (canonical)
senandung-senandung (plural)
sinandung (alternative)

From earlier sinandung, affixed sandung + -in-.


sandung

sandung (base sandung, imperative sandung, active menyandung, ordinary passive disandung, adversative passive tersandung)

sandung (imperative)
menyandung (active)


alokai

(dialectal) Synonym of gelap gulita (“pitch black”)


alopesia

alopésia (canonical)
alopesia-alopesia (plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + -ία, -εια (-ía, -eia, “a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases”).

der

(dermatology, pathology) loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, which either happens naturally or is caused by disease


kena pajak

Compound of kena (“-able”) + pajak (“tax”), literally “affected by tax”


JKP

(taxation) Initialism of jasa kena pajak (“taxable service”).


BKP

(taxation) Initialism of barang kena pajak (“taxable good(s)”).


pemberitahuan impor barang

From pemberitahuan (“notice”) + impor (“import”) + barang (“good”), literally “notice to import good(s)”.


surat setoran pajak

From surat (“document”) + setoran (“deposit”) + pajak (“tax”), literally “document of deposited tax”.


surat perintah pencairan dana

From surat perintah + pencairan (“disbursement”) + dana (“fund”).


mengingat

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mêngingat (basic-imperative ingat, passive diingat)


ambaks

From Manggarai [Term?], probably from Dutch ambacht.


ambekara

ambékara (canonical)
ambekara-ambekara (plural)

marriage between noble woman and commoner men


ambil hari

Compound of ambil (“to take”) + hari (“day”), from Riau Malay [Term?].


ambu-ambu

finely-ground roasted coconut (Minangkabau)

accessories on the traditional clothes of Hitu that are attached to the sleeves, made of golden colored cloth


ambyang

lighter from dry grass and others (initial fuel)


amesureng

amésurêng (canonical)
amesureng-amesureng (plural)

continuous usage without proper maintenance


kicauan

Affixed kicau (“tweet”) + -an, calque of English tweet.

(Internet) tweet, an entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter


impresum

imprèsum (canonical)
impresum-impresum (plural)

From Dutch impressum, from German Impressum, from Latin impressum, impressus.


karnivor

From Dutch carnivoor, from Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”), itself from carō (“flesh, meat”) + vorāre (“to devour”).


karnivora

From translingual Carnivora, from Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”), itself from carō (“flesh, meat”) + vorāre (“to devour”).


kekasih gelap

id-noun

kekasih gelap (plural kekasih-kekasih gelap)

Compound of kekasih (“lover”) + gelap (“dark”).


kerah putih

Compound of kerah (“collar”) + putih (“white”), calque of English white-collar.


kekuatan lunak

Compound of kekuatan (“power”) + lunak (“soft”), calque of English soft power.

(politics) soft power: political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures


oksimeter

oksimètêr (canonical)
oksimeter-oksimeter (plural)


videografer

videografêr (canonical)
vidiografer (alternative nonstandard)

Borrowed from English videographer, which is a blend of video + photographer.

videographer (any person involved in the production of video material, but especially a person who uses a video camera)


kerah biru

Compound of kerah (“collar”) + biru (“blue”), calque of English blue-collar.


jasuke

jasuké (canonical)
jasuke-jasuke (plural)

Blend of jagung (“corn”) + susu (“milk”) + keju (“cheese”).

blend

(cooking) boiled shelled corn mixed with sweetened condensed milk and cheese


surat tugas

From surat (“document”) + tugas (“task”).


Al-Kaidah

Al Kaidah (alternative)
Al Qaida (alternative)
Al Qaidah (alternative)
Al-Qaeda (alternative)
al-Qaeda (alternative)
al-Kaidah (alternative)

al-Qaeda (the global network of militant Islamist extremists.)


ungkep

From Proto-Austronesian *-keb (“cover”).

(cooking) a low temperature cooking technique in order to provide additional flavours


amoh

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦩꦺꦴꦃ (amoh), from Old Javanese amoh (“full of holes, worn out”), amwah (“open, raw, gaping”).


ampal

white cow or water buffalo with black horn and nail


ampet-ampet

ampêt-ampêt (canonical)
ampet-ampet (plural)

From Javanese [Term?]. Compare to Indonesian pampat (“stopped”).


ampikale

ampikalé (canonical)
ampikale-ampikale (plural)


amplek

amplêk (canonical)
amplek-amplek (plural)


amplokan

From Javanese ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥ꧀ꦭꦺꦴꦏꦤ꧀ (amplokan), ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥ꧀ꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (amplok, “to cling with arms and legs”).


anak bulu

anak-anak bulu (plural)
anabul (alternative)


anaheha

anahéha (canonical)
anaheha-anaheha (plural)

to invite traditional elders and priests to attend tahlilan


kata pinjaman

id-noun

kata pinjaman (plural kata-kata pinjaman)

From kata (“word”) + pinjaman (“loan”), calque of English loanword.


pendingin udara

Compound of pendingin (“colder”) + udara (“air”), probably calque from Chinese Hokkien 冷氣機／冷气机 (léng-khì-ki, “air conditioner”, literally “cold air/air conditioning machine”).


pengkondisi udara

pengondisi udara
pengondisi udara#Indonesian


pengondisi udara

pêngondisi udara (canonical)
pengkondisi udara (alternative nonstandard)

Compound of pengondisi (“conditioner”) + udara (“air”), calque of English air conditioner.

com+

pendingin udara
pendingin udara#Indonesian


erkon

From English air-con, aircon, air conditioner. Compare Tagalog erkon, Brunei Malay ekon, Japanese エアコン (eakon), Korean 에어컨 (eeokeon) & Central Dusun iikon. Clipping of air conditioning.

synonym of pendingin udara (“air conditioner”)


pengondisi ruangan

Compound of pengondisi (“conditioner”) + ruangan (“room”).


apsari

From Balinese ᬳᬧ᭄ᬲᬭᬶ (apsari), from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras). Doublet of apsara.


asakue

asakué (canonical)
asakue-asakue (plural)


atdikbud

acronym of atase pendidikan dan kebudayaan.


anggana

From Pali aṅgaṇa (“open space before palace”), from Sanskrit अङ्गण (aṅgaṇa, “yard; court; place to walk in”).


anggana

From Javanese ꦲꦔ꧀ꦒꦤ (anggana, “alone; women, girl”), from Old Javanese aṅganā (“woman”), from Sanskrit अङ्गना (aṅganā, “woman”).


anggas

From Old Javanese aṅgas (“great-great-grandchild”).


anggong

From Javanese ꦲꦔ꧀ꦒꦺꦴꦁ (anggong, “to pant because of a heavy burden”).


memperpanjang

mêmpêrpanjang (canonical)
diperpanjang (passive)


memperpendek

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mêmpêrpendek (basic-imperative perpendek, active memperpendek, passive diperpendek)

mêmpêrpendek (canonical)
memperpendek (active)
diperpendek (passive)


kesyahan

(rare) the position, dignity or jurisdiction of a shah; shahdom


kebupatian

From bupati (“regent”) + ke- -an. Doublet of kabupaten.

the position, dignity or jurisdiction of a regent (bupati)

Alternative form of kabupaten (“regency”)


afirmasi

From Dutch affirmatie, from Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”).

affirmation: that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true


anggrang

From Javanese ꦲꦔ꧀ꦒꦿꦁ (anggrang, “to stand”).


tangguh

Inherited from Malay تڠݢوه (tangguh, “delay; postpone”).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">tangguh</i>


tangguh

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦁꦒꦸꦃ (tangguh). The sense in botany was coined by Indonesian politician Soeharto in 1993.


tangguh

tanggúh (canonical)
tangguh-tangguh (plural)

Indonesia tangguh, Indonesia kuat.

estimated age of origin and creation of Tosan Aji (kris) based on a certain era


wali penguasa

Compound of wali (“representative”) + penguasa (“ruler”).


memproklamasikan

head

mêmproklamasikan (nominative active memproklamasikan, nominative ordinary passive diproklamasikan, imperative proklamasikan, jussive proklamasikanlah)

mêmproklamasikan (canonical)
memproklamasikan (active nominative)
ordinary passive diproklamasikan (nominative)
proklamasikan (imperative)
proklamasikanlah (jussive)


resesi

rèsèsi (canonical)
resesi-resesi (plural)

Affixed reses + -si, from Dutch recessie, from Latin recessus (“a going back, retreat”), from recessum, the past participle of recedere (“to recede”), from re- (“back”) + cedere (“to go”).

der

(economics) recession: period of reduced economic activity


anak belai

Borrowed from Besemah anak belai (“descendant of a man's sister”).


kuwe

Caranx ignobilis
Caranx ignobilis#Translingual


kupu-kupu gajah

id-noun

kupu-kupu gajah (plural kupu-kupu-kupu-kupu gajah)

From kupu-kupu (“butterfly”) + gajah (“big-size”), literally “big-sized butterfly”.

com

Atlas moth; a large moth, Attacus atlas, from the tropical forests of southeast Asia


cangkang

cangkang telur

shell (of egg, molluscs, coconuts, etc.)


rumput bebek

id-noun

rumput bebek (plural rumput-rumput bebek)

From rumput (“grass”) + bebek (“duck”), literally “duck grass”.

com

Japanese millet; a kind of grass (Echinochloa colonum)

cockspur grass; a kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)


rumput pangola

id-noun

rumput pangola (plural rumput-rumput pangola)

pangola-grass; a kind of grass (Digitaria eriantha)


pemandangan umum

Compound of pemandangan (“view; knowledge; description”) + umum (“general”).

com+

(law, obsolete) general, a section in a legislation

pandangan umum
pandangan umum#Indonesian


usus halus

Compare to Italian intestino tenue and Latin intestinum tenue.


usus kecil

/ˈʊsʊs kəˈt͡ʃɪl/


anamolepo

anamolépo (canonical)
anamolepo-anamolepo (plural)


andap asor

From Javanese ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦥ꧀ꦲꦱꦺꦴꦂ (andhaphasor).


ananim

ananym: a pseudonym derived by spelling one's name backwards


andege

andégé (canonical)
andege-andege (plural)


andeman

andêman (canonical)
andeman-andeman (plural)


andir

(dialect) to look for agricultural water


andung

(dialect) a place to put the enemy's beheaded head


anehe

(dialect) to know someone or something very well


anev

short for analisis dan evaluasi (“analysis and evaluation”).


evaluasi

èvaluasi (canonical)
evaluasi-evaluasi (plural)

From Dutch evaluatie, from Middle Dutch evaluacie, from Middle French évaluation (Modern French évaluation).


anevlap

short for analisis dan evaluasi lapangan (“field analysis and evaluation”).


anfakah

anfakah-anfakah (plural)
anfaqah (alternative common nonstandard)


angad

angkatan darat
angkatan darat#Indonesian

short for angkutan angkatan darat (“army transport”).


voucer

voucêr (canonical)
voucer-voucer (plural)
baucar (alternative)
vocer (alternative)

voucher: a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services


angkatan darat

id-noun

angkatan darat (plural angkatan-angkatan darat)

Compound of angkatan (“force”) + darat (“land”).


angair

short for angkutan air (“water transport”).


anghengar

anghéngar (canonical)
anghengar-anghengar (plural)


angkar

(cooking) medium: cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done


jalan layang

jalan layang (plural jalan-jalan layang)

Compound of jalan (“road”) + layang (“float”), literally “floating road”, coined by Indonesian linguist Anton Moedardo Moeliono. Compare to Japanese 高架道路(こうかどうろ) (kōkadōro, “elevated road”), Chinese 高架道路 (gāojià dàolù, “elevated road”).


rekayasa sosial

id-noun

rekayasa sosial (plural rekayasa-rekayasa sosial)

Compound of rekayasa (“engineering”) + sosial (“social”), coined by Indonesian linguist Anton Moedardo Moeliono, calque of English social engineering. Replaced permesinan sosial.

com

(sociology, political science) social engineering


pantau

head

pantau (active memantau, passive dipantau)

Coined by Indonesian linguist Anton Moedardo Moeliono.


pantau

scissortail rasbora, three-lined rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)


permesinan sosial

id-noun

permesinan sosial (plural permesinan-permesinan sosial)

From permesinan (“machinery”) + sosial (“social”), calque of English social engineering. Coined by Indonesian historian Ong Hok Ham. Replaced by rekayasa sosial.


anglamil

angkutan laut militer
angkutan laut militer#Indonesian


anglek

anglêk (canonical)
anglek-anglek (plural)

From Javanese ꦲꦔ꧀ꦭꦼꦏ꧀ (anglek, “anglek”).


difabel

difabêl (canonical)
difabel-difabel (plural)

Borrowed from English differently able, coined by Indonesian researcher, writer and consultant Mansour Fakih 1990s.


arababu

From Arabic الرَبَابَة (ar-rabāba). Doublet of rebab.


bangunan sosial

id-noun

bangunan sosial (plural bangunan-bangunan sosial)

From bangunan (“building”) + sosial (“social”), literally “social building”, calque of German soziale Gebilde.


pranata sosial

id-noun

pranata sosial (plural pranata-pranata sosial)

From pranata (“institution”) + sosial (“social”), calque of English social institution. Coined by Indonesian anthropologist Koentjaraningrat.

coinage

lembaga sosial
lembaga sosial#Indonesian

Synonym of lembaga sosial (“social institution”)


lembaga swadaya masyarakat

id-noun

lembaga swadaya masyarakat (plural lembaga-lembaga swadaya masyarakat)

lembaga-lembaga swadaya masyarakat (plural)
LSM (alternative)

Compound of lembaga (“institution”) + swadaya (“self-reliance”) + masyarakat (“society”), literally “self-reliance societal institution”. Coined by Indonesian politician Sarino Mangunpranoto in 1978.

coinage

non-governmental organization
non-governmental organization


kebat

kebat-kebat (plural)
kerbat (alternative nonstandard)


kebat

mengebat (active)
kerbat (alternative nonstandard)


silsilah

From Malay silsilah, silsila, salasilah, from Classical Malay salasilah, silsilah, from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila, “chain, link, connection”).

der

genealogical tree; family tree; pedigree


rontgen

rontgen-rontgen (plural)
ronsen (alternative nonstandard)

From Dutch röntgen, named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.


ronsen

ronsên (canonical)
ronsen-ronsen (plural)

Nonstandard form of rontgen (“radiographic machine; radiograph”).


hak pengarang

id-noun

hak pengarang (plural hak-hak pengarang)

Compound of hak (“right”) + pengarang (“author”), calque of Dutch auteursrecht (“copyright, authors' rights”). Displaced by Indonesian hak cipta.


linggis

head

linggis (active melinggis, passive dilinggis)

to crowbar (to force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise)

(figuratively) to defeat (to overcome in battle or contest)


fotosel

fotosèl (canonical)
fotosel-fotosel (plural)


rungkad

From Sundanese rungkad and Javanese ꦫꦸꦁꦏꦢ꧀ (rungkad).

(gambling, to an extent finance) to lose, to lose in a big amount


laut lepas

From laut (“sea”) + lepas (“unbound”), literally “unbound sea”.

com

(nautical) high seas: regions of the ocean that are far from shore, especially those regions that do not belong to any country


kelengkiak

kêlêngkiak (canonical)
kelengkiak-kelengkiak (plural)


keripik

kêripik (canonical)
keripik-keripik (plural)
kerepek (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)


(text messaging, alay) Alternative form of itu


prada

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦢ (prada, “gold powder”), from Old Javanese prada (“giving, yielding, granting”), from Sanskrit प्रद (prada).

der

(fashion) typical Papuan batik motifs in the form of asymmetrical black and gold lines, as well as typical Papuan flora and fauna, are usually worn during sacred ceremonies

(fashion) typical Pekalongan and Balinese batik motifs, in the form of flowers and geometric patterns, in bright colors such as red, yellow, green, or blue with the addition of gold or silver as a symbol of luxury


asri

From Javanese ꦲꦱꦿꦶ (asri), from Old Javanese aśrī (“beautiful, radiant”), śrī (“splendour, radiance, beauty”), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī).


anak pohon

From anak (“child”) + pohon (“tree”), literally “tree child”.

com

a young tree, but bigger than a seedling; sapling


surat pengantar

From surat (“document”) + pengantar, literally “introductory document”.


besi beton

From besi (“iron”) + beton (“concrete”), literally “concrete iron”.

Synonym of baja tulangan (“reinforcing bar, rebar”)


baja tulangan polos

id-noun

baja tulangan polos (plural baja-baja tulangan polos)

baja-baja tulangan polos (plural)
BjTP (alternative)

From baja tulangan (“rebar”) + polos (“plain”), literally “plain rebar”.


baja tulangan sirip

id-noun

baja tulangan sirip (plural baja-baja tulangan sirip)

baja-baja tulangan sirip (plural)
BjTP (alternative)

From baja tulangan (“rebar”) + sirip (“fin”), literally “fin rebar”.


baja tulangan

id-noun

baja tulangan (plural baja-baja tulangan)


pompa bensin

Compound of pompa (“pump”) + bensin (“benzine”), a calque of Dutch benzinepomp.


angratmil

angkutan darat
angkutan darat#Indonesian

(military) short for angkutan darat militer (“military land transport”).


angrat

short for angkutan darat (“land transport”).


angsongar

(dialect) white cloth tied to a gravestone


angsung

From Javanese ꦲꦁꦱꦸꦁ (angsung, “to give”).

(dialect) to burn incense and bring offerings


anjal

short for anak jalanan (“street children”).


anjeng

From Javanese [Term?]. Doublet of anjang.


anjang

From Sundanese [Term?]. Doublet of anjeng.

alternative form of menganjang (“to visit”)


anjang

From Riau Malay [Term?]. Doublet of panjang. Compare to Ngaju tanjang (“stature, figure”), Malagasy andzana (“impressive”).


teokrasi

téokrasi (canonical)
teokrasi-teokrasi (plural)

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch theocratie, from French théocratie, from Ancient Greek θεοκρατία (theokratía).


anjar

From Arabic أَنْجَر (ʔanjar, “anchor”), from Classical Persian لنگر (langar), from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra). Doublet of angker, anjer, anjir, and jangkar.


anjar

(1901–1947, 1947–1972) Superseded spelling of anyar.


ano siyep

ano siyêp (canonical)
ano-ano siyep (plural)


antum

Borrowed from Arabic أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), masculine plural form of أَنْتَ (ʔanta, “you”).

(informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours


antrozoologi

anthrozoology: the study of the interactions between humans and animals


apintel

short for aparatur intelijen (“intelligent officer”).


apiologi

apiology: the scientific study of bees and honey-making


aptronim

aptronym (a name that is aptly suited to its owner)


rumah kantor

id-noun

rumah kantor (plural rumah-rumah kantor)

rumah-rumah kantor (plural)
rukan (alternative)

Compound of rumah + kantor, calque of English home office.

home office: a room, in a person's home, equipped as an office so that the person may work from home


dang-ding-dut

Onomatopoeic. Coined by Indonesian litterateur Putu Wijaya in 1972.


Abang Sam

Compound of abang (“brother”) + English Sam, literally “brother Sam”, coined by Indonesian litterateur Bambang Bujono, partial calque of English Uncle Sam.

com

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Sam</i>

coinage

Uncle Sam, a personification of the United States federal government


kinclong

Altered from Javanese kincling-kincling. Popularized in a detergent advertisement.


luncur gantung

id-noun

luncur gantung (plural luncur-luncur gantung)

From luncur (“to launch”) + gantung (“to hang”), literally “launch and hang”. Coined by Pusat Bahasa.

com

a pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity; zip line; flying fox


arhanudber

artileri pertahanan udara
artileri pertahanan udara#Indonesian

short for artileri pertahanan udara berat (“heavy air defence artillery”).


artileri pertahanan udara

id-noun

artileri pertahanan udara (plural artileri-artileri pertahanan udara)

artileri-artileri pertahanan udara (plural)

Compound of artileri (“artillery”) + pertahanan (“defense”) + udara (“air”).


arloji pintar

id-noun

arloji pintar (plural arloji-arloji pintar)

Compound of arloji (“clock”) + pintar (“smart”), calque of English smartwatch.


jam tangan pintar

jam tangan pintar (plural jam-jam tangan pintar)

Compound of jam tangan (“watch”) + pintar (“smart”), calque of English smartwatch.


jam tangan

Inherited from Malay jam tangan, compound of jam (“clock”) + tangan (“hand, arm”), calque from Chinese 手錶／手表 (literally “hand watch”) or calque from Japanese 腕時計(うでどけい) (udedokei, literally “arm + clock”).


asintel

short for asisten intelijen (“intelligent assistant”).


bahasa tonal

id-noun

bahasa tonal (plural bahasa-bahasa tonal)

Compound of bahasa + *tonal, calque of English tonal language.

(linguistics) tonal language: languages which use tones to distinguish words or their inflections, analogously to consonants and vowels


BBLR

berat badan lahir rendah
berat badan lahir rendah#Indonesian

(obstetrics) initialism of berat badan lahir rendah (“low birth weight: birth weight of an infant of 2,499 g (5 lb 8.1 oz) or less, regardless of gestational age”).


JPU

jaksa penuntut umum
jaksa penuntut umum#Indonesian

(law) initialism of jaksa penuntut umum (“public prosecutor”).


jaksa penuntut umum

jaksa penuntut umum (plural jaksa-jaksa penuntut umum)

jaksa-jaksa penuntut umum (plural)
JPU (alternative)

Compound of jaksa (“attorney”) + penuntut (“prosecutor”) + umum (“general, public”).


labfor

(law enforcement) short for laboratorium forensik (“forensic laboratory”).


labkrim

(law enforcement) short for laboratorium kriminal (“crime laboratory”).


perpu

peraturan pemerintah
peraturan pemerintah#Indonesian

(law, government) acronym of peraturan pemerintah pengganti undang-undang (literally “legislation-replacement government (administrative) law”).


peraturan pemerintah

id-noun

peraturan pemerintah (plural peraturan-peraturan pemerintah)

Compound of peraturan (“law”) + pemerintah (“government (executive)”).

com

(law) central government administrative law


ujian akhir semester

id-noun

ujian akhir semester (plural ujian-ujian akhir semester)

ujian-ujian akhir semester (plural)
UAS (alternative)

Compound of ujian akhir (“final examination”) + semester (“semester”).


lemari pendingin

id-noun

lêmari pêndingin (plural lemari-lemari pendingin)

lêmari pêndingin (canonical)
lemari-lemari pendingin (plural)

Compound of lemari + pendingin, calque of Dutch koelkast.


gercep

[ɡərˈt͡ʃəp̚]

Blend of gerak (“movement”) + cepat (“fast”).


halusinasi

halusinasi-halusinasi (plural)
halu (alternative)

From Dutch hallucinatie, from French hallucination, from Latin hallucinātiō.

(psychology, psychiatry) hallucination: a sensory perception of something that does not exist


petunjuk pelaksanaan

Compound of petunjuk + pelaksanaan. Originally term used in military, become widespread in 1960s.

juklak (alternative abbreviation acronym acronym)

(military) execution guidance; execution regulation


pansos

short for panjat sosial (“social climbing”).


panjat sosial

Compound of panjat (“climb”) + sosial (“social”), calque of English social climbing.

(slang) social climbing (the act of trying to improve one's social status, especially by obsequious means)


bajan kaki

Compound of bajan (“basin”) + kaki (“foot”).


balobe

to catch fish at new moon by thrusting a spear


baloh

From Javanese ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦃ (baloh), ꦧꦭꦸꦃ (baluh), from Old Javanese baluh (“float of a fishing-net”).


dewas

dewan pengawas
dewan pengawas#Indonesian

short for dewan pengawas (“supervisory board”).


dewan pengawas

id-noun

dewan pengawas (plural dewan-dewan pengawas)

dewan-dewan pengawas (plural)
dewas (alternative)

Compound of dewan (“board”) + pengawas (“supervisory”).


pengawas

pêngawas (canonical)
pengawas-pengawas (plural)


balugut

(dialect) to breastfeed before and after falling asleep


kewiraan

(education, dated) soldiership, a militaristic civic education subject


bantal kursi

id-noun

bantal kursi (plural bantal-bantal kursi)

Compound of bantal (“pillow”) + kursi (“chair”).


bantal sofa

Compound of bantal (“pillow”) + sofa (“sofa”).


bapak negara

bapak negara (plural bapak-bapak negara)

Father of the Nation
Father of the Nation

Father of the Nation: an honorific title given to a person considered the driving force behind the establishment of a country, state, or nation


bea siswa

Alternative form of beasiswa (“scholarship”)


bebetok

bêbêtok (canonical)
bebetok-bebetok (plural)

(cooking) Sasak roasted food from grated coconut and fish with yam leaf cover


bedak mandi

Compound of bedak (“powder”) + mandi (“bath”).


bekangdam

(military) short for perbekalan angkutan daerah militer (“military area transport supply”).


garam dapur

Compound of garam (“salt”) + dapur (“kitchen”). Compare to Dutch keukenzout (literally “kitchen salt”) and Portuguese sal de cozinha (literally “kitchen salt”).


bekintangon

bèkintangon (canonical)
bekintangon-bekintangon (plural)

(dialect) 2000 days pre-marriage service for future in-laws


benik

From Sanskrit मणि (maṇi). Doublet of manik.


berakhiran

Affixed ber- (“to have”) + akhiran (“suffix”).

Jika maskulin, [kata] berakhiran -eau, -ou.

If it is masculine, [the word] has a suffix of -eau, -ou.


berbidang-bidang

Affixed ber- + bidang-bidang, a duplication form of bidang.


bisban

From Dutch biaisband (“bias tape”), Dutch biesband.


ilustrasi

From Dutch illustratie, from Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“I illustrate”).

illustration: something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity


binawas

short for pembinaan dan pengawasan (“cultivation/development/promotion and supervision”).


pembinaan

pêmbinaan (canonical)
pembinaan-pembinaan (plural)

Affixed bina + peng- -an, inherited from Malay pembinaan.

building: the act or process by which something is built

cultivation, development, advancement, promotion


pengawasan

pêngawasan (canonical)
pengawasan-pengawasan (plural)


binhankamnas

short for pembinaan pertahanan dan keamanan nasional (“national security and defence development”).


binjas

short for pembinaan jasmani (“physical development”).


jasmani

Inherited from Malay jasmani, from Arabic جُسْمانِيّ (jusmāniyy, “bodily, physical”).


jasmani

physical, pertaining to the body as opposed to the mind; bodily


binjasmil

short for pembinaan jasmani militer (“military physical development”).


binmas

short for pembinaan masyarakat (“society development”).


bintaldam

short for pembinaan mental daerah militer (“military area mental development”).


BNN

initialism of badan narkotika nasional (“national narcotics agency”).


BIPA

acronym of bahasa Indonesia bagi penutur asing (“Indonesian language for foreign speakers”).


BSNP

(business) Initialism of Badan Nasional Sertifikasi Profesi (“National Professional Certification Agency”).


berlidah tajam

Compound of berlidah (“having tongue”) + tajam (“sharp”).


bermalas-malasan

Affixed bermalas-malas (“to laze”) + -an.

Alternative form of bermalas-malas (“to laze”)


bermalas-malas

From ber- + reduplication of malas (“lazy”).


bermental baja

Compound of bermental (“to possess such mentality”) + baja (“steel”) or affixed ber- + mental baja.