punya
Baba Malay
Etymology
Particle
punya
- possessive particle
- gua punya ruma. ― My house (literally, “I have house.”)
Synonyms
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay punya. First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD. Possibly a back-formation from empunya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpuɲa/ [ˈpu.ɲa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uɲa
- Syllabification: pu‧nya
Verb
punya (active punya, passive dipunya)
Preposition
punya
Derived terms
Further reading
- “punya” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Clipping of empunya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əmpuña, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əmpu. Compare Tagalog impó (“grandmother”).[1]
First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (punyā) in the form [script needed] (punyāña).
In the sense of possessive/genitive particle, semantic loan from Hokkien 的 (ê).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈpuɲə/ [ˈpu.ɲə]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈpuɲa/ [ˈpu.ɲa]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɲa, -a
- Hyphenation: pu‧nya
Noun
punya (Jawi spelling ڤوڽا)
- Someone who owns a certain thing; an owner.
- Something that is owned; a possession.
Particle
punya (Jawi spelling ڤوڽا, alternative form nya)
- (informal) Used to indicate possession, similar to English 's.
- Adam punya buku ― Adam's book
Usage notes
- The more formal way to indicate possession in Malay is by placing the possessed object in front of the possessor, so that, to say "Adam's book", instead of saying "Adam punya buku", one just says "buku Adam".
Verb
punya (Jawi spelling ڤوڽا)
- To have.
- To own.
- Synonym: punyai
- Saya punya dua buah rumah.
- I own two houses.
- (spoken) Emphasizes a word that is repeated.
Affixations
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “punya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Khmer
Alternative forms
Noun
punya