pramuka
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese pramuka (ꦥꦿꦩꦸꦏ, “leader”), from Old Javanese pramukha (“chief; take a stand against”), from Sanskrit प्रमुख (pramukha, “chief, respectable man, sage”). Reconstructed as pra- + muka.
- Backronym of praja (“servant”) + muda (“young”) + कारण (kāraṇa) (“action”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [praˈmuka]
- Hyphenation: pra‧mu‧ka
Noun
pramuka (first-person possessive pramukaku, second-person possessive pramukamu, third-person possessive pramukanya)
- (Scouting) scouting:
- Synonyms: kepanduan, kepramukaan
- the Scout Movement
- Synonym: gerakan kepanduan
- the activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.
- (Scouting) scout: a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
Derived terms
- berpramuka
- kepramukaan
- pramuka utama
Further reading
- “pramuka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
pramuka
- Romanization of ꦥꦿꦩꦸꦏ.