gugat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɡat/ [ˈɡu.ɡat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -uɡat
• Syllabification: gu‧gat

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦸꦒꦠ꧀ (gugat, “to accuse, to sue, to indict”).

Verb

gugat (active menggugat, reflexive passive tergugat, ordinary passive digugat, imperative gugat, emphatic-jussive gugatlah)

1. to complaint, to claim
2. to sue

Hyponyms

• gugat pailit
• gugat perdata
• gugat praperadilan

Derived terms

• gugatan
• menggugat
• penggugat
• penggugatan
• tergugat

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gugat (plural gugat-gugat)

1. shaking, shock

Derived terms

• menggugat

Further reading

• “gugat”, 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