pasukan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed pasuk +‎ -an, from Malay pasukan, from Classical Malay pasukan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈsʊk̚an]
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: pa‧suk‧an

Noun

pasukan (plural pasukan-pasukan)

1. (obsolete) herd, flock, herd

   Synonyms: kawanan, kumpulan

2. (military) troop

   Synonyms: bala, laskar, prajurit, sena, serdadu, tentara

   Synonym: askar (Standard Malay)

3. (sports) team

   Synonyms: tim, regu

Derived terms

• pasukan anjing
• pasukan baju hijau
• pasukan baret merah
• pasukan berkuda
• pasukan gegana
• pasukan gerak cepat
• pasukan kawal
• pasukan para
• pasukan payung
• pasukan pembidas
• pasukan sandi
• pasukan teras
• pasukan udara
• pasukan yudha

Further reading

• “pasukan” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

pasukan

1. Romanization of ꦥꦱꦸꦏꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Affixed pasuk +‎ -an.

Noun

pasukan (Jawi spelling ڤاسوقن, plural pasukan-pasukan)

1. team
2. crew
3. (military) troop
4. (military) detachment

   Synonym: detasemen (Indonesian)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pasukan

Further reading

• “pasukan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

From pasok +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /pasuˈkan/ [pɐ.sʊˈxan̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /paˈsukan/ [pɐˈsuː.xɐn̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -ukan
• Syllabification: pa‧su‧kan

Noun

pasukán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

1. entrance

   Synonym: entrada

2. duration of the school year

Verb

pasukan (complete pinasukan, progressive pinapasukan, contemplative papasukan, 1st directional trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

1. to serve as the entrance or the way of entry of something
2. to serve as the place of work or study

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for pasukan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	pasok		object/benefactive/directional
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
pasukan	pinasukan	pinapasukan inapasukan1	papasukan apasukan1	pasuki1
1 Dialectal use only.

Further reading

• “pasukan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018