maskapai
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch maatschappij.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [masˈkapai̯]
- Hyphenation: mas‧ka‧pai
Noun
maskapai (plural maskapai-maskapai, first-person possessive maskapaiku, second-person possessive maskapaimu, third-person possessive maskapainya)
- (dated) company: any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- Pertambangan ini kebanjakan dilakukan oleh maskapai partikulir asing, hanja tambang batu bara Sawah Lunto jang diusahakan oleh Pemerintah.[1] ― Most mining is done by foreign private company, only Sawah Lunto mine is done by the government.
- Kita telah mencari hubungan dengan salah satu maskapai asuransi di Jepang yang tertua, ialah Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, yang didirikan pada 1902.[2] ― We had found relation with one of oldest insurance company in Japan, Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, which was established in 1902.
- Synonyms: kongsi, konsorsium, perusahaan, perserikatan, sindikasi
- (colloquial) ellipsis of maskapai penerbangan (“airline”, literally “aviation company”).
- Tapi di jalur domestik, maskapai saat ini memiliki sedikitnya enam pesawat. ― However, the airline has at least six planes in domestic route.
Derived terms
- maskapai asuransi
- maskapai kapal
- maskapai kayu
- maskapai minyak
- maskapai penerbangan
References
- Propinsi Sumatera Tengah, Kementerian Penerangan, 1959
- AJB Bumiputera 1912 (1982) Sejarah dan perkembangan Bumiputera 1912, 1912-1982, Jakarta: Yayasan Dharma Bumiputera, page 532
Further reading
- “maskapai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.