kompon

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English compound. Compare Malay kompaun (“a legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.pɔn/
• Rhymes: -pɔn
• Hyphenation: kom‧pon

Noun

kompon (plural kompon-kompon)

1. compound: anything made by combining several things.

Further reading

• “kompon” 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.