pasukan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed pasuk +‎ -an, from Malay pasukan, from Classical Malay pasukan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paˈsʊk̚an]
  • Rhymes: -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: pa‧suk‧an

Noun

pasukan (plural pasukan-pasukan)

  1. (obsolete) herd, flock, herd
    Synonyms: kawanan, kumpulan
  2. (military) troop
    Synonyms: bala, laskar, prajurit, sena, serdadu, tentara
    Synonym: askar (Standard Malay)
  3. (sports) team
    Synonyms: tim, regu

Derived terms

  • pasukan anjing
  • pasukan baju hijau
  • pasukan baret merah
  • pasukan berkuda
  • pasukan gegana
  • pasukan gerak cepat
  • pasukan kawal
  • pasukan para
  • pasukan payung
  • pasukan pembidas
  • pasukan sandi
  • pasukan teras
  • pasukan udara
  • pasukan yudha

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

pasukan

  1. romanization of ꦥꦱꦸꦏꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Affixed pasuk +‎ -an.

Noun

pasukan (Jawi spelling ڤاسوقن, plural pasukan-pasukan)

  1. team
  2. crew
  3. (military) troop
  4. (military) detachment
    Synonym: detasemen (Indonesian)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pasukan

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From pasok +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /pasuˈkan/ [pɐ.sʊˈxan̪] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -an
    • IPA(key): /paˈsukan/ [pɐˈsuː.xɐn̪] (verb)
      • Rhymes: -ukan
  • Syllabification: pa‧su‧kan

Noun

pasukán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. entrance
    Synonym: entrada
  2. duration of the school year

Verb

pasukan (complete pinasukan, progressive pinapasukan, contemplative papasukan, 1st directional trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. to serve as the entrance or the way of entry of something
  2. to serve as the place of work or study

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for pasukan
affix -an
root word pasok
trigger object/benefactive/directional
aspect
infinitive
complete pinasukan
progressive pinapasukan
inapasukan1
contemplative papasukan
apasukan1
imperative pasuki1

1 Dialectal use only.

Further reading

  • pasukan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018