wewenang
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of wenang, borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦤꦁ (wewenang, “privilege”). Semantic loan from Dutch bevoegdheid.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Romanization
[edit]wewenang
- Romanization of ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦤꦁ
Categories:
- Indonesian reduplications
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Javanese
- Indonesian semantic loans from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/naŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/naŋ/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Law
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations