pengguna

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ guna. Semantic loan from English user for other senses than “one who uses something”, from Malay pengguna.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəŋˈɡuna/ [pəŋˈɡu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: peng‧gu‧na

Noun

pengguna (plural pengguna-pengguna or para pengguna)

1. user:
   1. one who uses something
   2. a person who uses illegal drugs
   3. (computing) a person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account

Synonyms

• pemakai

Hyponyms

• pengguna akhir
• pengguna anggaran
• pengguna maksimum
• pengguna pemula

Further reading

• “pengguna”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Affixed peng +‎ guna.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pəŋˈɡunə/ [pəŋˈɡu.nə]
• Rhymes: -nə, -ə
• (/a/-variety, Standard Literary, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pəŋˈɡuna/ [pəŋˈɡu.na]
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: peng‧gu‧na

Noun

pengguna (Jawi spelling ڤڠݢونا, plural pengguna-pengguna or pengguna²)

1. consumer

   Synonym: (Indonesia) konsumen

2. user:
   1. one who uses something
   2. a person who uses illegal drugs
   3. (computing) a person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pengguna (inherited)

Further reading

• "pengguna" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017