wewenang
Indonesian
editEtymology
editReduplication of wenang, borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦤꦁ (wewenang, “privilege”). Semantic loan from Dutch bevoegdheid.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwêwênang (plural wewenang-wewenang, first-person possessive wewenangku, second-person possessive wewenangmu, third-person possessive wewenangnya)
- power, ability
- authority
- Synonym: otoritas
- jurisdiction
- Synonym: yurisdiksi
- (law) competence
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “wewenang” 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.
Javanese
editRomanization
editwewenang
- Romanization of ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦤꦁ
Categories:
- Indonesian reduplications
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Javanese
- Indonesian semantic loans from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/naŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/naŋ/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Law
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations