pusat
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pusat, from Proto-Malayic *pusət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpusat̪̚]
- Hyphenation: pu‧sat
Audio (file)
Noun
pusat (first-person possessive pusatku, second-person possessive pusatmu, third-person possessive pusatnya)
- center, centre
- Synonyms: inti, poros, sentra, sumbu, tengah
- the point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- a place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
- (anatomy) navel: the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
- Synonym: pusar
Affixed terms
- berpusat
- memusat
- memusatkan
- pemusat
- pemusatan
- sepusat
- terpusat
Compounds
- pusat analisis
- pusat berat
- pusat berat badan
- pusat berat segitiga
- pusat biaya
- pusat bidai
- pusat bisnis
- pusat dalam segitiga
- pusat data
- pusat dingin
- pusat diversifikasi
- pusat ekonomi
- pusat gravitasi
- pusat jala
- pusat kebudayaan
- pusat kebugaran
- pusat kesehatan masyarakat
- pusat komunikasi
- pusat latihan
- pusat layanan
- pusat lengkung
- pusat nikmat
- pusat panas
- pusat panggilan
- pusat pemberitaan
- pusat pembicaraan
- pusat pemerintahan
- pusat perbelanjaan
- pusat perdagangan
- pusat perhatian
- pusat perniagaan
- pusat pertokoan
- pusat prakiraan
- pusat produksi siaran
- pusat ramalan
- pusat tekanan
- pusat tenaga listrik
- pusat tidur
- pusat tindak
- pusat usaha
Further reading
- “pusat” 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
From Proto-Malayic *pusət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pusat/
- Rhymes: -usat, -sat, -at
Noun
pusat (Jawi spelling ڤوست, plural pusat-pusat, informal 1st possessive pusatku, 2nd possessive pusatmu, 3rd possessive pusatnya)
- (anatomy) navel
- centre
- pusat bandar (city centre)
- centre (as in a place of an activity)
- Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pemusat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pusatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- kepusatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- sepusat [comparability] (se-)
- pusatkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- pusati [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
- berpusat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
See also
- tengah (centre, direction)
- bangunan (building), jabatan (office)
Further reading
- “pusat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.