punya

Baba Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Malay punya. Semantic loan from Hokkien (ê).

Particle

punya

  1. possessive particle
    gua punya ruma.My house (literally, “I have house.”)

Synonyms


Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay punya. First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɲa/, [ˈpu.ɲa]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧nya

Noun

punya (first-person possessive punyaku, second-person possessive punyamu, third-person possessive punyanya)

  1. owner

Synonyms

Verb

punya

  1. to have
    Saya punya kamus baru.
    • I have a new dictionary.
  2. to own
    Buku itu kepunyaan saya.

Conjugation

Conjugation of punya (meng-, transitive)
Root punya
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mempunyai terpunyai dipunyai
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mempunyakan terpunyakan dipunyakan
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
This word has an irregular derivation due to etymological reasons or speakers' habits.
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Synonyms

Further reading


Malay

Etymology

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD. Could be a clipping of empunya, itself is a suffixation of empu + -nya.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

punya (Jawi spelling ڤوڽا, plural punya-punya, informal 1st possessive punyaku, 2nd possessive punyamu, 3rd possessive punyanya)

  1. owner

Synonyms

Verb

punya (Jawi spelling ڤوڽا)

  1. to own
    Buku ini saya punya.I own this book.
  2. (spoken) Emphasizes a word that is repeated

Derived terms

Further reading


Old Khmer

Alternative forms

Noun

punya

  1. Latin script form of បុន្យ, alternative spelling of បុណ្យ (puṇya, merit)
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