tuan rumah

Indonesian

Etymology

tuan (“lord, master”) +‎ rumah (“house”), from Malay toean rumah (“house owner”). The sense “host” is a semantic loan from English host.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtu.an ˈru.mah/, [ˌt̪u.an ˈru.mah]

Noun

tuan rumah (first-person possessive tuan rumahku, second-person possessive tuan rumahmu, third-person possessive tuan rumahnya)

1. house owner
2. host
   1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

      Tuan rumah yang baik akan selalu menjamu tamu-tamunya.

      A good host will always serve his/her guests.

   2. One that provides a facility for an event.
   3. A person or organization responsible for running an event
3. native population or inhabitant

Derived terms

• menuanrumahi

Further reading

• “tuan rumah” 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.