kompanyon

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch compagnon, from French compagnon, from Old French compaignon, from Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- (“with”) + pānis (“bread”), first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word represented by Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”) from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-, “with”) + 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs, “bread”), Old High German galeipo, itself from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“togetherness”) + *hlaibaz (“loaf, bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpaɲɔn]
• Hyphenation: kom‧pa‧nyon
• Rhymes: -ɲɔn, -ɔn, -n

Noun

kompanyon (first-person possessive kompanyonku, second-person possessive kompanyonmu, third-person possessive kompanyonnya)

1. companion

   Synonym: kawan

2. business partner

   Synonym: mitra usaha

Derived terms

• berkompanyon

 

Further reading

• “kompanyon” 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.