penangkapan
Indonesian
Etymology
inherited from Malay penangkapan. Equivalent to tangkap + peng- -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pənaŋˈkapan/ [pə.naŋˈka.pan]
- Rhymes: -apan
- Syllabification: pe‧nang‧ka‧pan
Noun
penangkapan (plural penangkapan-penangkapan)
- (law, law enforcement) arrest: the act of taking someone into custody by a person or entity with legal authority
- catching
- capture
- (proscribed) detention, seizure
- (fishing) fishing
Derived terms
- penangkapan ikan ilegal
- penangkapan ikan terukur
- penangkapan neutron
Further reading
- “penangkapan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.