List Of Borrowed Words In Indonesian

This is a list of loanwords in the Indonesian language
letter
ahasa language
akti, bhakti homage, devotion, service etc.
erita news
udi reason
umi earth
ahaya light
akram, cakra disk, sphere etc.
akrawala horizon
ana alms
harma, darma duty, good deeds (i.e. charity), truth etc.
esa village
enta bell
una use, purpose
uru teacher, guru
asa merit, service etc.
arma karma (Hindu origin)
arya work, oeuvre
epala head
erja work (same origin as karya)
antra mantra
enteri minister (head of a government department)
ama name
egara country
egeri city (lit.)
ahala merit, reward (for moral conduct)
aksa to force
ustaka book
asa emotion, feeling, taste
astra literature
tara north
arna colour
arta news (same origin as berita)
arta berita news broadcast
reason
khir end
khlak moral
khirat hereafter
awal beginning
adan body
erkah, barokah bless, barakah
itab book
ursi chair
alal lawful (Arabic)
aram unlawful (Arabic)
a'af sorry, to apologise
aksud meaning, purpose
ajelis assembly, majlis (Arabic)
asjid mosque (Arabic)
ubazir useless
urtad apostate
usim season
ikir to think
edekah gift, shodaqoh
iasat trick
aktu time
akat alms (Arabic)
aman, jaman era
rde ground (Dutch= aarde = earth)
rbei strawberry (Dutch =aardbei)
an tyre (Dutch = band)
askom, waskom washbasin (Dutch = waskom)
engkel workplace (Dutch winkel = store, originally angle)
esuk visiting (Dutch =bezoeken)
ioskop cinema (Dutch = bioskoop)
ruder Roman Catholic friar (Dutch broeder = brother)
uku book (Dutch =boek)
ak roof
asi necktie (Dutch = das)
mber bucket (Dutch =emmer)
ngsel hinges (Ducth hengsel)
anduk towel (Dutch handdoek)
anger hanger
abel wire
amar room (Dutch=kamer)
antor office (Dutch=kantoor)
arcis ticket (Dutch kaartjes = plural for diminutive of kaart, card or ticket)
artu card (Dutch=kaart)
elar ready, finished (Dutch= klaar)
osen window frame (Dutch= kozijn)
aci deskdrawer (Dutch= laatje, diminutive form of la)
ampu lamp
om, om uncle
abrik factory (Dutch = fabriek)
lafon ceiling (Dutch= plafond, from French)
otlot pencil (Dutch= potlood)
ekrup screw (Dutch= schroef)
epeda bicycle (most probably from French velocipede)
lang waterhose
ante aunt
as bag (Dutch = tas)
egel floor tile
elat (too) late (Dutch= te laat)
astafel sink
uster, suster nun, nurse, sister
moi Chinese girl (from Port of Amoy, China)
ngpao gift money for Chinese New Year (Chinese)
akmie noodle
akso meatball
acin balance scale
oki luck, lucky
ecap soybean sauce, ketchup
esiu gunpowder (not clear whether of Chinese descent or not)
ingkek Chinese newcomer (derogative), pure blooded Chinese, i.e. not of mixed ancestry
ahu tofu
eh tea
ionghoa Chinese (Hokkien)
iongkok China (Hokkien)
ado gift (FR: cadeau)
udeta coup d'etat (FR: coup d'etat)
rmada fleet (Port. armada)
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eranda veranda (Port. varanda)
iola violin (Port. viola)
ardu to guard, watch post (Port. guardo)
ereja church (Port. igreja)
ubernur governor (Port. governador)
eju cheese (Port. queijo)
emeja shirt (Port. camisa)
ereta chariot/car
emari case (cognate with English armoury. Port. armario)
eja table (Port. mesa)
entega butter (Port. manteiga)
inggu Sunday (Port. Domingo)
epatu shoe (Port. sapato)
erdadu army (Port. soldado)
empo time (Port. tempo)
erigu flour (Port. trigo)
osip gossip
ensil pencil
olusi solution
arget target
opik topic
njangsana high official visiting Sundanese
njungan pavilion Minangkabau
edai foodstall Tamil
nda You (respect) Nias
o pasti surely Manado Malay
iyama pajamas Persian
an which, who (connecting word) Minangkabau
pam kind of cake probably Tamil
Borrowed words in Indonesian

 

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