pulang

See also: Pulang

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pulang. from Proto-Malayic *pulaŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpulaŋ/ [ˈpu.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: pu‧lang

Verb

pulang

1. to return, to go home, to go back

   Aku akan pulang setelah bermain sepak bola.

   I'm going home after playing football.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pulang (ber-, intransitive)
Root	pulang
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	berpulang	terpulang	dipulang	pulang	pulanglah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memulangkan	terpulangkan	dipulangkan	pulangkan	pulangkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memperpulangkan	terperpulangkan	diperpulangkan	perpulangkan	perpulangkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• berpulang
• kepulangan
• memulangi
• memulangkan
• pemulangan
• pulangan
• sepulang
• terpulang

 

• pulang asal
• pulang balik
• pulang haji
• pulang hari
• pulang ingatan
• pulang kampung
• pulang kandang
• pulang ke alam baka
• pulang ke negeri cacing
• pulang ke rahmatullah
• pulang kepada
• pulang kepadamu
• pulang maklum
• pulang modal
• pulang nama
• pulang paling
• pulang pergi
• pulang pohon
• pulang pokok
• pulang pulih
• pulang semangat
• pulang semula
• pulang tongsan

 

Further reading

• “pulang” 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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

pulang (Jawi spelling ڤولڠ)

1. to return, to go back, to go home

Synonyms

• balik
• kembali

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemulang [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• kepulangan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pulang-pulang [reduplication] (redup)
• pulangkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• terpulang [agentless action] (teR-)

• pulang ke rahmatullah

Further reading

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