rumah tangga

Indonesian

Etymology

Dvandva compound of rumah (“house”) +‎ tangga (“ladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrumah ˈtaŋɡa]

Noun

rumah tangga (first-person possessive rumah tanggaku, second-person possessive rumah tanggamu, third-person possessive rumah tangganya)

1. household

Derived terms

• anggaran rumah tangga
• asisten rumah tangga
• kekerasan dalam rumah tangga
• kekerasan rumah tangga

 

Further reading

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