kebutuhan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed butuh +‎ ke- -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦧꦸꦠꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (kabutuhan, “need”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəbuˈtuhan/ [kə.buˈt̪u.han]
• Rhymes: -uhan
• Syllabification: ke‧bu‧tu‧han

Noun

kebutuhan (plural kebutuhan-kebutuhan)

1. need

Derived terms

• berkebutuhan

• kebutuhan biologis
• kebutuhan dasar
• kebutuhan energi
• kebutuhan fungsional
• kebutuhan gizi
• kebutuhan individu
• kebutuhan jasmani
• kebutuhan khusus
• kebutuhan kriminogenik
• kebutuhan pokok
• kebutuhan primer
• kebutuhan rohani
• kebutuhan sekarang

Further reading

• “kebutuhan”, 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