bantuan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bantuan, from Classical Malay bantuan. Equivalent to bantu +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [banˈtuan]
• Hyphenation: ban‧tu‧an

Noun

bantuan (plural bantuan-bantuan, first-person possessive bantuanku, second-person possessive bantuanmu, third-person possessive bantuannya)

1. assistance, help.

   Synonyms: amal, derma, donasi, infak, pertolongan, sedekah, sokongan, subsidi, sumbangan

Compounds

• bantuan ekonomi
• bantuan humaniter
• bantuan luar negeri
• bantuan lunak
• bantuan militer
• bantuan modal
• bantuan pangan
• bantuan pengetahuan
• bantuan personal
• bantuan proyek
• bantuan sosial
• bantuan teknik
• bantuan teknis

 

Further reading

• “bantuan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Tagalog

Etymology

banto +‎ -an.

Verb

bantuán

1. to pour cold water into something hot
   • 2002, Virgilio S. Almario, Bulacan: lalawigan ng bayani at bulaklak (→ISBN)

     Hindi maaayos ang pagbibinhi o pag-ani kung ang tubig sa dagat ay "alangaang " o tubig na binantuan. Maging ang sikat ng buwan ay batayan kung pasasalaot at mamamalakaya.

Inflection

Verb conjugation for bantuan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	banto		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
bantuan	binantuan	binabantuan inabantuan1	babantuan abantuan1	bantui1
1 Dialectal use only.