tenaga

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: te‧na‧ga

Etymology 1

From Malay tenaga, from Sanskrit तानयति (tānayati, “to extend, to expand”). Semantic loan from Dutch energie (“energy”) for physics sense.

Noun

tênaga (first-person possessive tenagaku, second-person possessive tenagamu, third-person possessive tenaganya)

  1. energy:
    1. the capacity to do work.
    2. (physics) a quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.
      Synonym: energi

Affixed terms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Back-formation from tenaga kerja.

Noun

tênaga (first-person possessive tenagaku, second-person possessive tenagamu, third-person possessive tenaganya)

  1. (usually in compound) worker
    Synonyms: pekerja, pegawai

Compounds

Further reading

Malay

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Etymology

From Sanskrit तानयति (tānayati, “to extend, to expand”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

tenaga (Jawi spelling تناݢ, plural tenaga-tenaga, informal 1st possessive tenagaku, 2nd possessive tenagamu, 3rd possessive tenaganya)

  1. (physics) energy

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