sekutu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay sekutu. Equivalent to se- + kutu (“business association”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkutu]
- Hyphenation: sê‧ku‧tu
Noun
sêkutu (plural sekutu-sekutu, first-person possessive sekutuku, second-person possessive sekutumu, third-person possessive sekutunya)
- member of a company.
- Synonym: rekanan
- partner.
- Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan
- partner in crime
- union, federation.
- Synonyms: serikat, gabungan, federasi
Derived terms
- bersekutu
- mempersekutukan
- menyekutui
- menyekutukan
- penyekutuan
- persekutuan
Further reading
- “sekutu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.