swasembada

Indonesian

Etymology

From swa- +‎ sembada, calque of Czech svépomoc. Coined by Czech orientalist Zorica Marta Dubovská 1970s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa.səm.ba.da/
• Hyphenation: swa‧sêm‧ba‧da

Noun

swasembada (first-person possessive swasembadaku, second-person possessive swasembadamu, third-person possessive swasembadanya)

1. self-supporting

Further reading

• “swasembada” 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.