kongkoan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 公館／公馆 (kong-koán, “grand residence”, literally “honourable/public house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔŋˈkoan]
• Hyphenation: kong‧ko‧an

Noun

kongkoan (first-person possessive kongkoanku, second-person possessive kongkoanmu, third-person possessive kongkoannya)

1. public building.
2. Chinese council.

Further reading

• “kongkoan” 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.