mempunyai

Indonesian

Etymology

See Malay mempunyai for further information.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məmpuˈɲai/ [məm.puˈɲa.i]
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: mem‧pu‧nya‧i

Verb

mêmpunyai

  1. active of punyai

Malay

Etymology

According to Foong Ha Yap, data from the Malay Concordance Project shows evidence that this verb is a derivative of empunya (“owner, his master”), which comes from empu (“master”) and the third person genitive -nya. In modern Malay, the root word is analyzed as punya, a back-formation from mempunyai or clipping of empunya. [1]

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [məm.pu.ɲə.ʔi]
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [məm.pu.ɲa.ʔi]
  • Hyphenation: mem‧pu‧nya‧i

Verb

mempunyai (Jawi spelling ممڤوڽاءي)

  1. Active of punyai (“to have; to own”).

References

  1. ^ Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Hårsta, Janick Wrona (29 June 2011) “Referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions in Malay”, in Nominalization in Asian Languages‎[1], retrieved 11 February 2023
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