perusahaan rintisan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of perusahaan (“company”) + rintisan, calque of English startup company. Coined in July 2010 by a netizen Angga Satriya (username Satrion) in comment section of an article about equivalent term for startup company in Ivan Lanin personal blog.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pərusaˈhaan rɪnˈtɪsan/
Noun
perusahaan rintisan (first-person possessive perusahaan rintisanku, second-person possessive perusahaan rintisanmu, third-person possessive perusahaan rintisannya)
- startup, a new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.