pegawai
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed per- + gawai (“work”), from Malay pegawai.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pêgawai (first-person possessive pegawaiku, second-person possessive pegawaimu, third-person possessive pegawainya)
- employee
- (archaic) government officer, official
- Synonym: pejabat
- (archaic, figurative) tool, equipment, apparatus
Usage notes
[edit]The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay pegawai.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pegawai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pegawai (Jawi spelling ڤݢاواي, plural pegawai-pegawai, informal 1st possessive pegawaiku, 2nd possessive pegawaimu, 3rd possessive pegawainya)
Usage notes
[edit]The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian pegawai.
References
[edit]- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤݢاوي pĕgawei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 100
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤݢاوي pĕgawai”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 466
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pĕgawai”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 227
Further reading
[edit]- “pegawai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.