kompeni

Borrowed from English company.

• IPA^(key): /kompəni/

kompeni

1. company

From Dutch compagnie (“company”), from Old French compaignie, from compain + -ie or alternatively from compagne, from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō. Doublet of kompi.

• IPA^(key): [kompəˈni]
• Hyphenation: kom‧pê‧ni

kompêni (first-person possessive kompeniku, second-person possessive kompenimu, third-person possessive kompeninya)

1. The Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”), VOC.
2. Dutch East Indies colonial government, which was formed after nationalisation of the VOC in 1800.
3. a military company, a sub-division of a battalion, specifically related to above.

   Hypernym: kompi

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kompeni.

• “kompeni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From English company.

kompeni (plural kompeni-kompeni, informal 1st possessive kompeniku, 2nd possessive kompenimu, 3rd possessive kompeninya)

1. company (corporation, legal business entity)
2. company (military)

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kompeni.

• syarikat
• (military): kompi (Indonesian)