pusat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pusat, cognate with pusar, from Proto-Malayic *pusət, *pusər (compare Malay pusat), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəʀ (compare Fijian vico, Hawaiian piko, Ilocano puseg, Maori pito), from Proto-Austronesian.

Noun

pusat (plural pusat-pusat, first-person possessive pusatku, second-person possessive pusatmu, third-person possessive pusatnya)

  1. (anatomy) navel

Malay

Etymology

Cognate with pusar, from Proto-Malayic *pusət, *pusər (compare Indonesian pusat), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəʀ (compare Fijian vico, Hawaiian piko, Ilocano puseg, Maori pito), from Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pusat/
  • Rhymes: -usat, -sat, -at

Noun

pusat

  1. (anatomy) navel
  2. centre

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

  • pemusat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pusatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • kepusatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
  • sepusat [comparability] (se-)
  • pusatkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • pusati [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • berpusat [stative / habitual] (beR-)
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