punya
Baba Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Malay punya. Semantic loan from Hokkien 的 (ê).
Particle
punya
- possessive particle
- gua punya ruma. ― My house (literally, “I have house.”)
Synonyms
- mia
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)
- owner
Synonyms
- pemilik
- tuan
- empunya
Verb
punya
- to have
- Saya punya kamus baru.
- I have a new dictionary.
- Saya punya kamus baru.
- to own
- Buku itu kepunyaan saya.
- The book is mine.
- 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
- (transitive): memiliki
- (intransitive): milik
Further reading
- “punya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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)
- owner
Synonyms
- pemilik
- tuan
- empunya
Verb
punya (Jawi spelling ڤوڽا)
- to own
- Buku ini sayapunya. ― I own this book.
- (spoken) Emphasizes a word that is repeated
Derived terms
Derived terms
- mempunyai
- mempunyakan
- berpunya
- punyai
- punyakan
- dipunyai
- dipunyakan
- kepunyaan
Further reading
- “punya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Khmer
Alternative forms
- puṇya, បុណ្យ
- បុន្យ
Noun
punya
- Latin script form of បុន្យ, alternative spelling of បុណ្យ (puṇya, “merit”)