tenaga kerja
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of tenaga (“energy”) + kerja (“work”), calque of Dutch arbeidskracht (“worker, labour”, literally “workforce”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [təˈnaɡa kərˈd͡ʒa]
Noun
tênaga kêrja (first-person possessive tenaga kerjaku, second-person possessive tenaga kerjamu, third-person possessive tenaga kerjanya)
- labor, labour:
- workers in general
- the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- workforce:
- all the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
- (demography) the total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
- Synonym: angkatan kerja
Hyponyms
- tenaga kerja manusia
- tenaga kerja tak terdidik dan tak terlatih
- tenaga kerja terdidik
- tenaga kerja terlatih
Derived terms
- ketenagakerjaan
Further reading
- “tenaga kerja” 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.
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