hutang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ (“debt”). Cognate with Javanese and Tagalog utang. Doublet of piutang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhutaŋ/, [ˈhu.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: hu‧tang

Noun

hutang (first-person possessive hutangku, second-person possessive hutangmu, third-person possessive hutangnya)

1. Nonstandard spelling of utang (“debt”).

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.taŋ/
• Rhymes: -taŋ, -aŋ
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈhut̪äŋ~ˈut̪äŋ]

Noun

hutang (Jawi spelling هوتڠ, plural hutang-hutang, informal 1st possessive hutangku, 2nd possessive hutangmu, 3rd possessive hutangnya)

1. debt; an amount of money one owes someone else

   Kau ada lagi kah hutang yang belum dibayar?

   Do you have any debt left that you haven't paid back?

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penghutang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penghutangan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• hutangan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• hutangkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• menghutang [agent focus] (meN-)
• menghutangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dihutang [patient focus] (di-)
• dihutangkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• perhutang [causative passive] (peR-)
• perhutangkan [causative passive + causative benefactive] (peR- + -kan)
• memperhutang [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• memperhutangkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• diperhutang [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)
• diperhutangkan [causative passive focus + causative benefactive] (dipeR- + -kan)
• terhutang [agentless action] (teR-)
• berhutang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: utang

Further reading

• “hutang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.