pusat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pusat, from Proto-Malayic *pusət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpusat/ [ˈpu.sat̪̚]

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• Rhymes: -usat
• Syllabification: pu‧sat

Noun

pusat (first-person possessive pusatku, second-person possessive pusatmu, third-person possessive pusatnya)

1. center, centre

   Synonyms: inti, poros, sentra, sumbu, tengah

   1. the point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
   2. a place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
2. (anatomy) navel: the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

   Synonym: pusar

Affixed terms

• berpusat
• memusat
• memusatkan
• pemusat
• pemusatan
• sepusat
• terpusat

 

Compounds

• pusat analisis
• pusat berat
• pusat berat badan
• pusat berat segitiga
• pusat biaya
• pusat bidai
• pusat bisnis
• pusat dalam segitiga
• pusat data
• pusat dingin
• pusat diversifikasi
• pusat ekonomi
• pusat gravitasi
• pusat jala
• pusat kebudayaan
• pusat kebugaran
• pusat kesehatan masyarakat
• pusat komunikasi
• pusat latihan
• pusat layanan
• pusat lengkung
• pusat nikmat
• pusat panas
• pusat panggilan
• pusat pemberitaan
• pusat pembicaraan
• pusat pemerintahan
• pusat perbelanjaan
• pusat perdagangan
• pusat perhatian
• pusat perniagaan
• pusat pertokoan
• pusat prakiraan
• pusat produksi siaran
• pusat ramalan
• pusat tekanan
• pusat tenaga listrik
• pusat tidur
• pusat tindak
• pusat usaha

 

Further reading

• “pusat” 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 *pusət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pusat/
• Rhymes: -usat, -sat, -at

Noun

pusat (Jawi spelling ڤوست, plural pusat-pusat, informal 1st possessive pusatku, 2nd possessive pusatmu, 3rd possessive pusatnya)

1. (anatomy) navel
2. centre

   pusat bandar (city centre)

3. centre (as in a place of an activity)

   Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemusat [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pusatan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• kepusatan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• sepusat [comparability] (se-)
• pusatkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• pusati [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• berpusat [stative / habitual] (beR-)

See also

• tengah (centre, direction)
• bangunan (building), jabatan (office)

Further reading

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