tindakan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed tindak + -an, inherited from Malay tindakan. Semantic loan from Dutch feit (literally “fact”) for law sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪn.da.kan/
- Hyphenation: tin‧dak‧an
- Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an
Noun
tindakan (plural tindakan-tindakan, first-person possessive tindakanku, second-person possessive tindakanmu, third-person possessive tindakannya)
Derived terms
- tindakan dinas
- tindakan sosial
- tindakan subversif
Further reading
- “tindakan” 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.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tindakan/
- Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an
Noun
tindakan (Jawi spelling تيندقن, plural tindakan-tindakan, informal 1st possessive tindakanku, 2nd possessive tindakanmu, 3rd possessive tindakannya)
- action (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “tindakan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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