pekerjaan umum
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of pekerjaan (“work”) + umum (“public”), calque of Dutch openbare werken, publieke werken (“public work”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pekerjaan umum (plural pekerjaan-pekerjaan umum, first-person possessive pekerjaan umumku, second-person possessive pekerjaan umummu, third-person possessive pekerjaan umumnya)
- public works: technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community.
Synonyms[edit]
- kerja awam (Standard Malay)
Further reading[edit]
- “pekerjaan umum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.