tanggungjawab

See also: tanggung jawab

Malay

Alternative forms

• tanggung jawab (Indonesia)

Etymology

tanggung (“to bear”) +‎ jawab (“to answer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taŋɡuŋ d͡ʒawab/
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

tanggungjawab (Jawi spelling تڠݢوڠجواب, informal 1st possessive tanggungjawabku, 2nd possessive tanggungjawabmu, 3rd possessive tanggungjawabnya)

1. responsibility

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertanggungjawab [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• memertanggungjawabkan [causative passive + agent focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + meN- + -kan)
• pertanggungjawaban [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• penanggungjawab [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tanggung jawab