salah guna
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of salah (“mis-”) + guna (“use”), calque of Dutch misbruik (“abuse”, literally “misuse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsalah ˈɡuna]
Root
salah guna
- (law) base form of penyalahgunaan (“abuse”)
Derived terms
- disalahgunakan
- menyalahgunakan
- penyalahgunaan
Further reading
- “salah guna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.