tindakan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed tindak +‎ -an, inherited from Malay tindakan. Semantic loan from Dutch feit (literally “fact”) for law sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪn.da.kan/
• Hyphenation: tin‧dak‧an
• Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an

Noun

tindakan (plural tindakan-tindakan, first-person possessive tindakanku, second-person possessive tindakanmu, third-person possessive tindakannya)

1. act, action, step, measure: something done.

   Synonyms: aksi, perbuatan

2. (medicine) procedure

   Synonym: prosedur

   Pasien ini memerlukan tindakan pembedahan jantung.

   This patient required a cardiac surgical procedure.

Derived terms

• tindakan dinas
• tindakan sosial
• tindakan subversif

 

Further reading

• “tindakan” 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.

Malay

Etymology

tindak +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tindakan/
• Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an

Noun

tindakan (Jawi spelling تيندقن, plural tindakan-tindakan, informal 1st possessive tindakanku, 2nd possessive tindakanmu, 3rd possessive tindakannya)

1. action (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Synonyms

• aksi

Further reading

• “tindakan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.