rukun warga

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• RW (initialism)

Etymology

Compound of rukun +‎ warga, displaced rukun kampung, calque of Japanese 字常会(あざじょうかい) (azajōkai, literally “aza regular meeting”).

Noun

rukun warga (first-person possessive rukun wargaku, second-person possessive rukun wargamu, third-person possessive rukun warganya)

1. A hamlet-like (a group of houses) informal governance structure in Indonesia, which is larger than rukun tetangga.

See also

• rukun kampung
• rukun tetangga