pengadu

Indonesian

Etymology

peng- +‎ adu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈŋadu/ [pəˈŋa.du]
• Rhymes: -adu
• Syllabification: pe‧nga‧du

Noun

pengadu (plural pengadu-pengadu)

1. informant, snitch, tattletale
2. complainant
3. plaintiff

Further reading

• “pengadu”, 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