permainan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay permainan, from Classical Malay permainan. Equivalent to main +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərˈmai.nan/
• Hyphenation: pêr‧ma‧in‧an
• Rhymes: -nan

Noun

pêrmainan (first-person possessive permainanku, second-person possessive permainanmu, third-person possessive permainannya)

1. game

Related terms

• bermain
• dimain
• dimainkan
• main
• main-main
• mainan
• maini
• mainkan
• memain
• memainkan
• pemain
• permain
• permainankan
• termain

 

Further reading

• “permainan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

peN- (agentive) +‎ main (“to play”) +‎ -an.

Noun

permainan (Jawi spelling ڤرماءينن, plural permainan-permainan, informal 1st possessive permainanku, 2nd possessive permainanmu, 3rd possessive permainannya)

1. game

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• sepermainan (“to play together”) [immediacy / habitual] (se-)

Related terms

• mainan (“toy”)