mempunyai

Indonesian

Etymology
  • Irregular derivation as mem- +‎ punya +‎ -i, or
  • From me- +‎ empunya +‎ -i, itself is a suffixation of empu +‎ -nya.

According to Foong Ha Yap, data from the Malay Concordance Project shows evidence that this verb is a derivative of empunya (“owner”), which comes from empu (“master”) and the third person genitive -nya. In modern Malay, the root word is analyzed as punya, a shortening of empunya. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məm.ˈpu.ɲa.i/
  • Hyphenation: mem‧pu‧nya‧i
  • Rhymes: -puɲai, -ɲai, -i

Verb

mempunyai (passive dipunyai)

  1. (transitive) to possess
  2. (transitive) to own
    Saya mempunyai kamus baru.
    I have a new dictionary.

References
  1. Foong Ha Yap; Karen Grunow-Hårsta; Janick Wrona (2011-06-29), “Referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions in Malay”, in Nominalization in Asian Languages‎, retrieved 2023-02-11

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