delinkuensi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch delinquency, from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /delinkuˈɛnsi/ [de.lin.kuˈɛn.si]
• Rhymes: -ɛnsi
• Syllabification: de‧lin‧ku‧en‧si

Noun

delinkuensi

1. (law) delinquency, misconduct

   Synonym: kenakalan

Further reading

• “delinkuensi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016