pembukuan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed buku +‎ peng- -an, semantic loan from Dutch boekhouding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəmbuˈkuan]
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: pêm‧bu‧ku‧an

Noun

pêmbukuan (plural pembukuan-pembukuan)

1. booking: the act or process of writing something down in a book or books.
2. (accounting) bookkeeping: the skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
3. (accounting) posting: an item inserted into a register, ledger or diary.

Synonyms

(bookkeeping):

• akuntansi
• perakaunan (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore), perakunan (Indonesia)

(posting):

• pemindahbukuan
• pengeposan (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “pembukuan” 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

Affixed buku +‎ peng- -an

Noun

pembukuan (Jawi spelling ڤمبوکوان, plural pembukuan-pembukuan, informal 1st possessive pembukuanku, 2nd possessive pembukuanmu, 3rd possessive pembukuannya)

1. booking: the act or process of writing something down in a book or books.

Further reading

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