penyalahgunaan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed salah guna + peng- -an, calque of Dutch misbruik (“misuse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
penyalahgunaan (first-person possessive penyalahgunaanku, second-person possessive penyalahgunaanmu, third-person possessive penyalahgunaannya)
- abuse; misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Synonym: penyelewengan
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Further reading edit
- “penyalahgunaan” 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.