hitung

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay hitung, from Proto-Malayic *hituŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qituŋ (“consider, think about”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhituŋ/ [ˈhi.t̪ʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -ituŋ
• Syllabification: hi‧tung

Verb

hitung (active menghitung, Passive dihitung)

1. to count

   Synonym: bilang

   Hitung satu sampai sepuluh.

   Count one to ten.

2. to calculate

   Synonym: kalkulasi

Derived terms

• berhitung
• dihitung
• dihitung-hitung
• dihitungi
• dihitungkan
• diperhitungkan
• hitung-hitung
• hitung-hitungan
• hitungan
• memperhitungkan
• menghitung
• menghitung-hitung
• menghitungi
• menghitungkan
• penghitung
• penghitungan
• perhitungan
• terhitung

• hitung cepat
• hitung maju
• hitung mundur
• hitung panjang
• hitung punya

Further reading

• “hitung” 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

From Proto-Malayic *hituŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qituŋ (“consider, think about”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /hitoŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /hitʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -itoŋ, -ituŋ

Verb

hitung (Jawi spelling هيتوڠ, active menghitung, passive dihitung)

1. to count (to enumerate or determine number)

Synonyms

• bilang
• kira

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penghitung [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penghitungan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• hitungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• perhitungan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• menghitung [agent focus] (meN-)
• dihitung [patient focus] (di-)
• terhitung [agentless action] (teR-)
• berhitung [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memperhitungkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• Hari Perhitungan

Descendants

• Indonesian: hitung

References

• "hitung" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “hitung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.