wewenang
Indonesian
Etymology
Reduplication of wenang, borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦤꦁ (wewenang, “privilege”). Semantic loan from Dutch bevoegdheid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wə.wə.ˈnaŋ/
- Rhymes: -naŋ
- Hyphenation: wêwênang
Noun
wêwênang (plural wewenang-wewenang, first-person possessive wewenangku, second-person possessive wewenangmu, third-person possessive wewenangnya)
- power, ability
- authority
- Synonym: otoritas
- jurisdiction
- Synonym: yurisdiksi
- (law) competence
Derived terms
- wewenang pengaturan
Further reading
- “wewenang” 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.
Javanese
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