Indonesian (Pimsleur, Indonesian Way, Uni of Queensland)

QuestionAnswer
-teen-belas
my (informal)-ku
your (informal)-mu
his, her, its-nya
centuryabad
older brotherabang
alphabetabjad
dried meatabon
dried beefabon sapi
ash, ashesabu
greyabu-abu
greyabu-abu
messed up, random, disorderedacak
a television/radio program, something you plan to doacara
there are / are thereada
there is, there are, to be present, to be in, to be at homeada
to exist, to be present, to be available, to be located, to own / possessada
existance, location, numbers, possessionada
what's wrong?ada apa?
What’s up? / What’s the matter ?Ada apa?
there is gas in the carada bensin dalam mobil
How many students are there tonight ?Ada berapa murid malam ini?
it's a secretada deh
there are two hundred kilometers to Bandungada dua ratus kilometer ke Bandung
any progress?ada kemajuan?
the visit (noun)ada kunjungan
there are five peopleada lima orang
some peopleada orang yang
any questions?ada pertanyaan
any questions?ada pertanyaan?
some (noun)ada yang, ada ____ yang
copula: joins noun1 with noun2adalah
tradition, old customs, traditional or customary lawadat
traditionadat
traditionaladat
younger sibling (slang for adik)ade
younger siblingadik
a younger brother or sister, someone's younger siblingadik
younger brother or sisteradik
my younger siblingadik saya
Is my brother hereadik saya di sini
administrationadministrasi
dough / batteradonan
"ouch" interjectionaduh
[interjection of pain, regret, sympathy]aduh
oh! ouch!, (an exclamation of pain, shock or surprise)aduh!
stiraduk
ratheragak
ratheragak
religionagama
a religion, religion (in general)agama
religionagama
in order toagar
agent, agencyagen
travel agentagen perjalanan
AugustAgustus
expertahli
philosopherahli filsafat
water, Also: fluid, juiceair
waterair
orange juiceair jeruk
coconut juice, (for drinking)air kelapa
water fountainair mancur
tearsair mata
water (drinking water)air putih
drinking waterair putih
fresh waterair tawar
waterfallair terjun
just, onlyaja
just (slang for saja)aja
to ask along, inviteajak
teach / learn (base word)ajar
rationality; common sense; reasonakal
i will / going toakan
will, going to (future marker)akan
willakan
root, a plant rootakar
a root, rootsakar
last, endakhir
weekendakhir minggu
lately, recentlyakhir-akhir ini
finally, in the end, eventually, lastlyakhirnya
finallyakhirnya
result, consequenceakibat
activeaktif
I, me (informal)aku
I/me/my (intimate form)aku
to admit, confessakui
an accountantakuntan
The Koran (the holy book of Islam)Al-Qur'an
nature, naturalalam
nature. naturalalam
naturealam
an addressalamat
addressalamat
reason, excusealasan
excuse (reason for not doing something)alasan
device, tool, implementalat
tool, utensilalat
eyebrowsalis
GodAllah
GodAllah
God is greatAllahu Akbar
Alfa Maret: a mini supermarket chain (7 Eleven type shop)alpamaret
avocadoalpukat
town squarealun-alun
with, together with, (informal/slangy)ama
with, together with, (informal/slangy)ama
charityamal
safe, secureaman
takeambil
takeambil
take/tookambil
The United States of AmericaAmerika Serikat
Have mercy! mercy, grace, pardon, forgivenessampun
child / childrenanak
a child, a son/daughteranak
childanak
subordinates (people under boss)anak buah
a small child, a little boy/girlanak kecil
boy / boysanak laki-laki
girl / girlsanak perempuan
our girl is littleanak perempuan kami kecil
our little girlanak perempuan kecil kami
childrenanak-anak
childrenanak-anak
an analysisanalisa
youAnda
you (unfamiliar)anda
youanda (polite)
you will vacation how many days?anda akan liburan berapa hari
you will eat todayanda akan makan hari ini
both of you (you both)anda berdua
both of you can drink tea with both of usanda berdua bisa minum teh dengan kami berdua
you talk fastanda bicara cepat
you can give meanda bisa berikan saya
you ate yesterdayanda makan kemarin
do you have mango juiceanda punya jus mangga
do you have any rupiahanda punya uang rupiah
you aren't relaxedanda santai bukan
you already ateanda sudah makan
you like milk?anda suka susu
do you live hereanda tinggal di sini
supposing, supposing that, in the event that...andai kata
strange, weird, puzzlinganeh
to consideranggap
a member, parts of somethinganggota
memberanggota
wineanggur
wineanggur
grapes / wineanggur
windangin
windy (air)angin
a figure, digitsangka
navyangkatan laut
survey, pollangket
city transportangkot
doganjing
to guide, accompany (means "inter" when a prefix)antar
to escort someoneantar
tv aerial / antennaantena
earringsanting-anting
queueantri
whatapa
or [when you are stressing, an 'either/or' contrast], (informal/slangy)apa (conjunction)
what's on the agenda...?, what are (we/you, they) up to...?, what will (we/they) do...?apa acara...
What is the meaning of ... in Indonesian?Apa artinya ... dalam bahasa Indonesia
What is Indonesian for ...Apa bahasa Indonesianya untuk
What is the spelling of ... in Indonesian?Apa ejaannya ... dalam bahasa Indonesia?
What's this?Apa ini?
What's that?Apa itu?
How are you? (What news)apa kabar
How are you?apa kabar?
How are you?Apa kabar?
what elseapa lagi
what else?apa lagi?
what else?apa lagi?
What is his occupation?Apa pekerjaan dia?
everything; anythingapa saja
anythingapa-apa
anythingapa-apa
whatapa?
what?apa?
(slangy) what kind of...apaan
yes / no word for questionsapakah
question marker for 'yes/no' questionsapakah
Tell me if ...? (Requires “yes/no” answer)Apakah
Would you like (something)?, Would you like to (do something)?, Do you want to...?apakah Anda mau...?
do you know the best route (politely)apakah anda tahu rute apa terbaik
Is that your house ?Apakah itu rumah kamu?
is it very far (politely)apakah jauh sekali
Do you play basketball ?Apakah kamu bermain bola basket?
Are you American?Apakah kamu orang Amerika?
Are you clever or dumb ?Apakah kamu pandai atau bodoh?
Do you like to eat fried rice? (polite)Apakah kamu suka makan nasi goreng?
are both of them small (politely)apakah mereka berdua kecil
is the correct route to the left (politely)apakah rute yang benar ke kiri
particularly, the more so, especiallyapalagi
anything, anyapapun
an apartment, a flat, a unitapartemen
applesapel
fireapi
a pharmacyapotek
pharmacy / chemistapotek
AprilApril
Saudi ArabiaArab Saudi
meaning, definitionarti
means / meaningartinya
the meaningartinya
what's the meaningartinya apa
on condition thatasal
smoke, vapor, fumesasap
smoke, smogasap
ash trayasbak
foreignasing
the real thing, genuine, not imitationasli
asphaltaspal
a dormitoryasrama
lodging / boardingasrama
absorbed; preoccupied; fun; greatasyik
roofatap
roofatap
on, above, overatas
aboveatas (1)
foratas (2)
oratau
oratau
oratau
earlyawal
cloudawan
fatherayah
chickenayam
chickenayam
chickenayam
fried chickenayam goreng
fried chickenayam goreng
a verse, a stanza (from a poem or from holy scripture)ayat
come on (let's...)ayo
let's go!ayo
to cut off, clear, razebabat
porkbabi
readbaca
rhinocerosbadak
rhinocerosbadak
a bodybadan
bodybadan
a state-owned corporationBadan Usaha Milik Negara
clownbadut
like (similar) / as (same as seperti but slang)bagai
howbagaimana
how, what is .... like?bagaimana
how is ... said in Indonesian?bagaimana ... dalam bahasa Indonesia?
how do you saybagaimana anda katakan
how do you say in indonesianbagaimana anda katakan dalam bahasa indonesia
how is the weather in Jakarta?bagaimana cuaca di Jakarta?
how's the weather?bagaimana cuacanya
how do you spell ... ?bagaimana ejaannya ... ?
how about if ...?bagaimana kalau
what about (doing something), what ifbagaimana kalau...
how are you ?bagaimana kamu?
how is your new school ?bagaimana sekolah baru kamu?
how is/are, describe.., how about..?bagaimana?
howeverbagaimanapun
for (same as untuk)bagi
partbagian
section / partbagian
greatbagus
excellent, impressive, great, terrific, really goodbagus
good / greatbagus
happybahagia
happy (long term happiness eg happy with life)bahagia
material, ingredientbahan
materialsbahan-bahan
to discuss, studybahas
languagebahasa
languagebahasa
Dutchbahasa Belanda
Chinese (the language)bahasa Cina
indonesian languagebahasa indonesia
Indonesian (language)bahasa Indonesia
english languagebahasa inggris
English (the language)bahasa Inggris
dangerousbahaya
in fact evenbahkan
moreover, in factbahkan
shouldersbahu
that (b)bahwa
thatbahwa
that; conjunction (joining clauses) eg "I know that you're good"bahwa
goodbaik
good, fine, very wellbaik
good / finebaik
kind, understandingbaik hati
kind-heartedbaik hati
Fine, thank youBaik terima kasih
just finebaik-baik saja
fine, good (in reply to 'How are you?')baik-baik saja
okay, fine, very wellbaiklah
okaybaiklah
piratebajak laut
a shirt, a dress, an upper-body garment, (also loosely: clothes)baju
sweaterbaju hangat
T-shirtbaju kaus
sweater / jumperbaju sweter
a pajamabaju tidur
a tub (in a bathroom), the tray (on the back of a truck)bak
burn (when used outside of cooking)bakar
talentbakat
meatballsbakso
reverse, upside downbalik
bandannabandana
airportbandar udara
headbandbando
(slangy)very, reallybanget
very, really (slang for sekali)banget
proudbangga
proudbangga
nation, racebangsa
people / nationbangsa
a noblebangsawan
to get up (out of bed)bangun
to get up (out of bed)bangun
wake up / get up / buildbangun
woke up yourself (naturally)bangun sendiri
a buildingbangunan
floodbanjir
a bank, (i.e. a financial institution)bank
seat cushionbantal kursi
helpbantu
to help someone, to assist someonebantu
helpbantu
help, assistancebantuan
many / alot of / that's alotbanyak
a lot (of), many, muchbanyak
manybanyak
many / muchbanyak
that's alot of moneybanyak uang
Sir/YouBapak
fatherbapak
you, to address elder maleBapak
Mr / father / you / yourbapak
You can speak indonesian well (to a man)bapak bisa bicara bahasa indonesia dengan baik
do you want to join us to eat at our home? (to a man)bapak mau ikut makan di rumah kami
thing, goods, piece of merchandisebarang
antique itembarang antik
exported itembarang expor
imported itembarang impor
maybe, probably, hopefullybarangkali
west, western, the Westbarat
westbarat
south westbarat daya
north westbarat laut
only (new)baru
newbaru
if after the word means new, if before word means only/recentlybaru
it is only then that...baru (2)
recentlybaru-baru ini
wetbasah
drenchedbasah kuyup
borderbatas
batikbatik
stone / rockbatu
to coughbatuk
smellbau
bringbawa
to carry, bringbawa
bringbawa
to bringbawa
belowbawah
onionbawang
shallotbawang merah
red onionbawang merah
garlicbawang putih
to imaginebayangkan
paybayar
burden, loadbeban
freebebas
freebebas
some / a fewbeberapa
several, somebeberapa
few / several / somebeberapa
a fewbeberapa
some friendsbeberapa teman
a three-wheeled pedicabbecak
chattingbecakap-cakap
good (balinese)becik
to differbeda
surgerybedah
so, like this, this waybegini
that's it!begitu lah
as suchbegitulah
stupid, dumb (slang, same meaning as bodoh)bego
stupidbego
brassierebeha
to workbekerja
to workbekerja
collaboratebekerjasama
to studybelajar
to study (something)belajar
learn / studybelajar
lately, recentlybelakangan ini
The Netherlands, HollandBelanda
teensbelas
dozens of (but actually means 11-19 times)belasan
to buybeli
buybeli
purchases (purchased items)belian
a turn, to make a turnbelok
a turn, to make a turnbelok
turn (directions eg. turn left)belok
turn rightbelok kanan
turn leftbelok kiri
not yetbelum
not yetbelum
not yet.belum
not yetbelum
not yet used tobelum biasa
has/have neverbelum pernah
a three-wheeled taxicabbemo
true / reallybenar
truebenar
correct / rightbenar
trulybenar-benar
really goodbenar-benar bagus
disaster, tragedybencana
hatebenci
flagbendera
a flagbendera
workshop, repairshopbengkel
workshop, service shop, repair shopbengkel
gasbensin
petrol, gasolinebensin
petrol / gasolinebensin
form, shapebentuk
continentbenua
intransitive - when added to end of root word, no object requiredber
to be a follower of such-and-such a religionberagama
the endberakhir
a verandahberanda
windyberangin
Windyberangin
to depart, to set off (to go somewhere) to leave (on a trip)berangkat
departberangkat
dare to do somethingberani
braveberani
messyberantakan
how many / how muchberapa
how much, how many, what (when asking about a, number)berapa
how many children do you haveberapa anak anda punya
how much, alot?berapa banyak
What is the price of classes at IML?Berapa harga kelas di IML?
how much is the price of...?berapa harga ____ ?
How much does this cost?Berapa ini?
How much does that cost?Berapa itu?
how farberapa jauh
how many times?berapa kali?
How many kilometers to Perth ?Berapa kilometer ke Perth?
how longberapa lama
how longberapa lama
How long are language classes at IML ?Berapa lama kelas bahasa di IML?
What is your telephone number ?Berapa nomor telepon kamu?
how many people are thereberapa orang ada
how many people are there in your familyberapa orang ada dalam keluarga anda
how much do I have to pay?berapa saya harus bayar
how many years?berapa tahun?
What is your height ?Berapa tinggi badan kamu?
how much rupiahberapa uang rupiah
How old is he/she?Berapa umur dia?
How old is he/she?Berapa umurnya?
How many / How much?Berapa?
to originally come (from), to originate (from)berasal
heavyberat
heavy weight (for things)berat
body weightberat badan
cloudyberawan
Cloudyberawan
Stormyberbadai
Thunderstormberbadai guntur
variousberbagai
to be a speaker of a languageberbahasa
dangerousberbahaya
differentberbeda
differentberbeda
to go shopping, to do the shoppingberbelanja
shoppingberbelanja
to speakberbicara
spotted/ freckledberbintik
to do somethingberbuat
to break your fast, to have a meal in the evening after a day of fastingberbuka puasa
to huntberburu
to chatbercakap-cakap
just kiddingbercanda
to get divorcebercerai
to tellbercerita
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to dance (western style, disco style)berdansa
to bleedberdarah
based onberdasarkan
to row / kayak / canoeberdayung
to stand, to stand upberdiri
to standberdiri
spiky for hairberdiri tegak
disco dancingberdisko
prayberdoa
bothberdua
bothberdua
to swim, to go swimmingberenang
swimmingberenang
fixed up, put right, all okay, resolvedberes
ok, tidy / neatberes
to have one thing replaced with another, to changeberganti
to dependbergantung
stripedbergaris
prestigiousbergengsi
usefulberguna
usefulberguna
to hopeberharap
valuable or preciousberharga
to be successful, to have success, to succeedberhasil
to succeedberhasil
to stop, to come to a haltberhenti
to stopberhenti
to have a noseberhidung
to be in contact with, to have a connection withberhubungan
to give; to presentberi
giveberi
giveberikan
give meberikan saya
containsberisi
noisyberisik
to rest, to take a rest, to take a breakberistirahat
newsberita
newsberita
to go, to move forward, to walkberjalan
to walkberjalan
to go for a stroll, to travelberjalan-jalan
to go for a stroll, to travelberjalan-jalan
fightberjuang
fighting for family (working hard for the family)berjuang untuk keluarga
to gambleberjudi
millionsberjuta-juta
Foggy, mistyberkabut
Thick Fogberkabut tebal
to say (that)berkata
to gardenberkebun
to go from place to placeberkeliling
to camp, campingberkemah
braids (hair)berkepang
collaredberkerah
to be in power, to be the dominant forceberkuasa
to assemble, to gather, to come togetherberkumpul
to gatherberkumpul
to visit (a place)berkunjung (ke)
go by / passberlalu
to runberlari
to practiceberlatih
practicingberlatih
to take a holiday, to go on vacationberlibur
all sorts (of), various (kinds of)bermacam-macam
to playbermain
to playbermain
playing basket ballbermain bola basket
playing volleyballbermain bola voli
playing guitarbermain gitar
playing cardsbermain kartu
playing soccerbermain sepak bola
playing table tennisbermain tenis meja
to be useful, helpfulbermanfaat
to have a problembermasalah
brandedbermerek
is called by the name ...bernama
singbernyanyi
to seek medical treatmentberobat
to be going steady, to be boyfriend and girlfriendberpacaran
to get dressed, to be dressedberpakaian
to thinkberpendapat
experiencedberpengalaman
experiencedberpengalaman
to think, to ponder, to ruminateberpikir
to fast, to abstain from food and drinkberpuasa
to greet each other (usually by shaking hands)bersalaman
Snowybersalju
togetherbersama
togetherbersama-sama
togetherbersama-sama
togetherbersama-sama
to relaxbersantai-santai
to be willingbersedia
historicbersejarah
to go to school, (i.e. to be enrolled at a school)bersekolah
surfingberselancar
to say/do your prayers, to worshipbersembahyang
to do gymnastics, to do aerobics, to work outbersenam
bike ridingbersepeda
to get ready, to make preparations, to prepare (for something)bersiap-siap
in nature, in characterbersifat
cleanbersih
cleanbersih
cleaning upbersih-bersih
to comb your hairbersisir
to thank Godbersyukur
many yearsbertahun-tahun
to competebertanding
to be responsiblebertanggung jawab
to put a question, to ask a questionbertanya
to ask (a question)bertanya
to meetbertemu
meetbertemu
to shout, to yellberteriak
neighbouringbertetanggaan
bear (animal)beruang
to change, to evolve, to be different from beforeberubah
to be such-and-such an age, to be so many years oldberumur
to deal withberurusan
coloured ___, ___ in colourberwarna
multi-coloured, colourfulberwarna-warni
to conduct an interviewberwawancara
have the power/authority to ........berwenang
big (also grown-up)besar
bigbesar
big / largebesar
tomorrowbesok
tomorrowbesok
tomorrowbesok
can do tomorrow (used like manana in Spanish)besok bisa
tomorrow night / tomorrow eveningbesok malam
tomorrow morningbesok pagi hari
the next day, the following daybesoknya
female (animals only)betina
right?betul
correct, That's right., That's correctbetul
really, truly, genuinelybetul-betul
fixbetulkan
undergarment worn by women to support their breastsBH
so that (same as supaya)biar
letbiarkan
usual, ordinary, normalbiasa
normal / usualbiasa
ordinarybiasa
usuallybiasanya
usuallybiasanya
usuallybiasanya
usually he works alonebiasanya dia bekerja sendiri
auntbibi
auntbibi / tante
the lipsbibir
speakbicara
speakingbicaranya
a midwifebidan
the field of..bidang
a seed, seed, a berry, a pip beans (e.g. coffee beans), the stone (in stone fruit)biji
seedbiji
(informal) to make (something)bikin
to make, do (slang)bikin
to say, (informal/slangy)bilang
to saybilang
saybilang
saidbilang
animalbinatang
animals (not hewan)binatang
animalbinatang
pets (animals looked after)binatang peliharaan
at a loss what to do, worried and undecided, undecided who/what to believe, confusedbingung
confusedbingung
starbintang
starfishbintang laut
biologybiologi
cinema, movie theatrebioskop
cinemabioskop
beerbir
beerbir
beerbir
bureaubiro
a tourist bureau, a travel agencybiro pariwisata
bluebiru
bluebiru
light bluebiru muda
dark bluebiru tua
busbis
city busbis kota
canbisa
can, able to (not dapat)bisa
to be able to do somethingbisa
possiblybisa jadi
can i helpbisa saya bantu
business, commercebisnis
blouseblus
blouseblus
rundown, decayedbobrok
leakbocor
stupidbodoh
silly / stupidbodoh
lie / untruthbohong
broke (no money)bokek
ballbola
basketballbola basket
volley ballbola voli
may, can. In reply to a question: Sure! No problem! Great!boleh
You may / May ...boleh
May I ...?boleh saya
a bombbom
a dollboneka
lavishboros
bored, sick of somethingbosan
baldbotak
baldbotak
bottlebotol
Maam/YouBu
Mrs, madamBu
fruitbuah
fruitbuah
female breastsbuah dada
all kind of fruitsbuah-buahan
throw away, dumpbuang
wildbuas
(informal) forbuat
make, for, dobuat
what for?buat apa?
made inbuatan
made in (eg made in china)buatan
crocodilebuaya
porridgebubur
culturebudaya
culturebudaya
a person who is wise, prudentBudiman
fit (healthy)bugar
fit, healthybugar
openbuka
to openbuka
no (nouns only)bukan
not, no (when negating a noun)bukan
no (nouns - "not a")bukan
it's not that I'm saying...bukan aku bilang
incrediblebukan main
bookbuku
bookbuku
bookbuku
text bookbuku teks
moon, monthbulan
next monthbulan depan
next monthbulan depan
this monthbulan ini
honeymoonbulan madu
the fasting monthbulan puasa
last monthbulan yang lalu
last monthbulan yang lalu
roundbulat
white personbule
body hairbulu
badmintonbulu tangkis
seasoning, spicebumbu
the land / earthbumi
terrain, land, earthbumi
a state-owned corporation (abbreviation)BUMN (Badan Usaha Milik Negara)
flowerbunga
flower, the interest ratebunga
flowersbunga
flowerbunga
packets of ...bungkus
a packagebungkusan
pregnant (for animals)bunting
to kill, murderbunuh
noisebunyi
the head of a regency or a, sub-provincial districtbupati
bad, grimburuk
birdburung
birdburung
busbus
to need (like perlu)butuh
chili peppercabai
branch (of a bank etc.)cabang
disability (original indonesian word)cacat
pretty, good-looking, 'spunky', 'hot', (informal/slangy)cakep
the head of a sub-districtcamat
mixedcampur
templecandi
sophisticated, advanced, high-techcanggih
a cupcangkir
cupcangkir
pretty, beautiful, (describing the appearance, of girls/women)cantik
pretty for girlscantik
tiredcapai
tiredcapai
tired (slangy)capek / capai
tired from working (no preposition)capek kerja
way, mannercara
waycara
way, mannercara
to search / to seek / to look forcari
look for / searchcari
what are you looking for?cari apa?
lecture notescatatan kuliah
chesscatur
a chequecek
chequecek
a bank checkcek
traveler’s chequecek perjalanan
pantscelana
trouserscelana
underpantscelana dalam
underpantscelana dalam
jeanscelana jins
shortscelana pendek
shortscelana pendek
celsius, centigradecelsius
jealous (of another man/woman)cemburu
fastcepat
fast, quickcepat
very fastcepat sekali
Sunnycerah
a kettleceret
talkativecerewet
cheerful, outgoingceria
storycerita
a story, to tellcerita
storycerita
story / talecerita
the storyceritanya
mirror; to reflectcermin
to stand outcetar
a chick, a young womancewek
girl, chickcewek
ringcin-cin
ChinaCina
lovecinta
love (romantic love)cinta
lovecinta
love (romantic)cinta
trycoba
trycoba
try to saycoba katakan
to try (imperative)cobalah
suitablecocok
chocolate, browncoklat
browncoklat
conservationconservasi
guy, dude (slang for cowok)cowo
guy, dude (slang)cowok
weathercuaca
weathercuaca
wash (things not people)cuci
laundrycucian
a grandson/a granddaughtercucu
grandchildrencucu
indifferentcuek
enough / adequate / that's enoughcukup
quite, pretty (adverb), enoughcukup
enoughcukup
big enoughcukup besar
just, onlycuma
only (same as hanya)cuma
free, cost nothingcuma-cuma
only (like tetapi; hanya)cuman
squidcumi-cumi
stealcuri
suspiciouscuriga
chestdada
regiondaerah
areadaerah
outdoor areadaerah luar
good to be tradeddagangan
meatdaging
porkdaging babi
minced meatdaging cincang
lamb, goat meatdaging kambing
beefdaging sapi
chindagu
insidedalam
in, inside, withindalam
insidedalam
in your familydalam keluarga anda
peacefuldamai
to affectdampak
anddan
anddan
anddan
lakedanau
dancing, dance (popular western style), disco/ballroom dancingdansa
can (not bisa)dapat
The formal version of "bisa". In other words, "able to do something"dapat
can, able to (not bisa)dapat
kitchendapur
kitchendapur
blooddarah
blooddarah
fromdari
fromdari
fromdari
than "this is better than that" (slang for daripada)dari (pada)
from wheredari mana
from where?dari mana?
from theredari sana
(from) theredari sana
from heredari sini
from heredari sini
thandaripada
thandaripada
compared to / thandaripada
basic, foundationdasar
neck tiedasi
tie (neck tie)dasi
to comedatang
to come, arrivedatang
a leaf, leavesdaun
power, force, energydaya
oar, paddledayung
younger sibling (short for ade)de
dustdebu
nearby, close bydekat
near / closedekat
eightdelapan
eightdelapan
eightdelapan
eighteendelapan belas
feverdemam
dengue feverdemam berdarah
to enjoy somethingdemen
for the sake of..demi
thusdemikian
withdengan
with, together withdengan
withdengan
with our childrendengan anak kami
welldengan baik
Dear/With respect (formal start to letters)Dengan hormat
with my wife and medengan istri saya dan saya
with pleasure (with happy heart)dengan senang hati
to heardengar
listen/hear (not dengarkan)dengar
listendengarkan
listen (not dengar)dengarkan
listen and repeatdengarkan dan ulangi
listen to this conversationdengarkan percakapan ini
front (when you are talking, about the front part of, something)depan
next / in front ofdepan
a degree of temperaturederajat
degree of temperature, levelderajat
Degrees Celsiusderajat selsius
fast / heavy (only for water)deras
villagedesa
(administrative unit) a village (d)desa
villagedesa
DecemberDesember
detectiondeteksi
detectivedetektif
detergentdeterjen
demi-goddewa
adultdewasa
adult, fully growndewasa
goddess (also common girl's name)dewi
indi
at, in, ondi
in / at / ondi
between, amongdi antara
in betweendi antara
including, among themdi antaranya
above, over, on top ofdi atas
on top ofdi atas
under, underneath, at the foot ofdi bawah
underneath/belowdi bawah
behind, at the rear of, in back ofdi belakang
at the back of/behinddi belakang
behinddi belakang
insidedi dalam
neardi dekat
near todi dekat
in front ofdi depan
in front ofdi depan
in frontdi depan
to the left and right of, on both sides of, all arounddi kanan-kiri
outsidedi luar
outsidedi luar
overseas, abroaddi luar negeri
wheredi mana
where atdi mana
Where is there a ..Di mana ada ...?
where do you livedi mana anda tinggal
where is general sudirman street?di mana jalan general sudirman?
where is the bathroomdi mana kamar kecil
where is your familydi mana keluarga anda
Where is your house located ?Di mana lokasi rumah kamu?
where are theydi mana mereka
where is my husbanddi mana suami saya
everywheredi mana-mana
Where is ...?Di mana?
facing/in frontdi muka
in the morningdi pagi hari
beside, side-by-side (with), next to, in addition todi samping
besidedi samping
in addition to that, moreover, furthermoredi samping itu
there / is it there? / it's over theredi sana
there, over theredi sana
over theredi sana
next to, acrossdi sebelah
to the west ofdi sebelah barat
on the right, on the righthand side (of)di sebelah kanan
to the right ofdi sebelah kanan
on the left, on the lefthand side (of)di sebelah kiri
to the left ofdi sebelah kiri
to the south ofdi sebelah selatan
to the east ofdi sebelah timur
to the north ofdi sebelah utara
on the other sidedi seberang
across fromdi seberang
across the streetdi seberang jalan
here / is it here? / it's heredi sini
heredi sini
heredi sini
on the corner ofdi sudut
in the middledi tengah
in the middle, in the very middle ofdi tengah-tengah
at the end ofdi ujung
he / she / he's / she'sdia
he, she, him, herdia
he / she / it / his / her / itsdia
he's bringing teadia bawa teh
He works as what?Dia bekerja sebagai apa?
He works as a teacherDia bekerja sebagai guru
he is really littledia benar kecil
She is named RihannaDia bernama Rihanna
He/She is aged how many years?Dia berumur berapa tahun?
He is aged fifty six yearsDia berumur lima puluh enam tahun
he can takedia bisa mengantar
He is a teacherDia guru
She is my motherdia ibu saya
she is littledia kecil
what does he want to drinkdia mau minum apa
She is RihannaDia Rihanna
to be stirreddiaduk
to be inviteddiajak
to be quietdiam
secretlydiam-diam
to be fetched, to be removeddiambil
to be accompanieddiantar
diarrheadiare
to be arrangeddiatur
to be readdibaca
divided by (mathematics)dibagi
to be compareddibandingkan
to be builtdibangun
built, constructeddibangun
to be carrieddibawa
to be boughtdibeli
to be given to someone, to have something attached ondiberi
to be given somethingdiberikan
raised / grown updibesarkan
raiseddibesarkan
to be thrown awaydibuang
to be madedibuat
to be openeddibuka
to be wrappeddibungkus
to pull outdicabut
to be mixeddicampur
to be tried ondicoba
to be washeddicuci
suspecteddiduga
dug for, searched, excavateddigali
to be upset bydiganggu
to be replaceddiganti
bitedigigit
to be useddigunakan
to give it a good long thoughtdiingat-ingat
to be wished, desireddiinginkan
to be filled in/outdiisi
to be alloweddiizinkan
to be sewndijahit
to be coloniseddijajah
to be answereddijawab
to be solddijual
given, caused to happendikasih
to be returneddikembalikan
to be recognised (as/by)dikenal
to be sentdikirim
shipped, sentdikirim
a little (slang for sedikit)dikit
to be visiteddikunjungi
to be reduceddikurangi
to be donedilakukan
is done by (passive)dilakukan
..done by..dilakukan
let godilepas
to be seen, to be looked atdilihat
to be eatendimakan
to be drunkdiminum
to be taken upwardsdinaikkan
an interior wall, a dividing, wall (in a house)dinding
colddingin
colddingin
to be sungdinyanyikan
to be treateddiobati
to undergo surgerydioperasi
to be helddipegang
to be fixeddiperbaiki
to be tradeddiperjualbelikan
to be borroweddipinjam
to be cut offdipotong
to be boileddirebus
selfdiri
myselfdiri saya
yourselfdirimu
himself, herselfdirinya
disability (borrowed from english)disabilitas
calleddisebut
attackeddiserang
to be ironeddiseterika
to be brusheddisikat
to be keptdisimpan
to be told to do somethingdisuruh
instructed / tolddisuruh
to be plantedditanam
caught, arrestedditangkap
to be placedditaruh
foundditemukan
accepted, receivedditerima
to be refused, rejected, turned downditolak
to be writtenditulis
to be loweredditurunkan
to be closedditutup
to be repeateddiulang
etc (dll = acronym for dan lain-lain)dll
a prayer (especially a personal, meditative prayer)doa
just (slang, same meaning as saja)doang
horse cartdokar
doctordokter
(medical) doctor, physiciandokter
doctordokter
a dentistdokter gigi
a vetinary doctor, a vetdokter hewan
veterinariandokter hewan
US dollardollar
lambdomba
wallet, pursedompet
donationdonasi
interjection particle used to soften a requestdong
gunshot sounddor
university lecturer, professordosen
lecturerdosen
(slangy) to like (especially food)doyan
to enjoy (usually food, opposite sex, anything tasty)doyan
twodua
twodua
twodua
two boysdua anak laki-laki
twelvedua belas
twelvedua belas
twicedua kali
double, two folddua kali lipat
two coffeesdua kopi
just two coffeesdua kopi saja
two weeks agodua minggu yang lalu
twentydua puluh
twenty eightdua puluh delapan
twenty fourdua puluh empat
two hundreddua ratus
two hundred kilometers approximatelydua ratus kilometer kira-kira
a widower, a (male) divorceeduda
to sit, to sit downduduk
sitduduk
to sit around (in a casual or leisurely way)duduk-duduk
wink (slang)duggy
money, 'dough', (informal/slangy)duit
supportsdukung
"before" in the distant past, "first" in the sequence of eventsdulu
first (before doing anything, else)dulu (1)
in former times, a long time ago, used to (i.e. regularly happened in former times)dulu (2)
first, beforeduluan
worlddunia
worlddunia
durian fruitdurian
durian (fruit)durian
efficientefisien
to spell (letters of a word)eja
to spell a wordeja
spellingejaan
ecologyekologi
agricultural economicekonomi pertanian
animal's tail, counter-word for animalsekor
tail (slang for seekor, classifier for animals)ekor
eagleelang
electronicelektronik
indeed (slang, same as memang)emang
indeed! (from memang)emang
goldemas
a bucketember
indeed! that's true! (slang from emang benar), also means bucketember
a little pond, a damempang
fourempat
fourempat
fourempat
fourteenempat belas
forty one thousandempat puluh satu ribu
deliciousenak
tasty / deliciousenak
delicious, comfortableenak
no way!enak aja
sixenam
sixenam
sixenam
sixtyenam puluh
#NAME?enggak
you (when speaking to a person of same or lower rank, and God)engkau
EuropeEropa
icees
to understand, comprehend (not mengerti)faham
factfakta
factfakta
facultyfakultas
a facultyfakultas
philosophyfalsafah
fanaticfanatik
FebruaryFebruari
FebruaryFebruari
filmfilem
The PhilippinesFilipina
a horror movie/filmfilm horor
philosophyfilsafat
philosopherfilsuf
physicsfisika
form (to be filled in, not shape)formulir
a form (blank)formulir
a photographfoto
functionfungsi
a young unmarried woman, a virgingadis
girl, young lady, unmarried womangadis
mixed vegetables with peanut saucegado-gado
brave, valiant, handsomegagah
to not succeed, to failgagal
elephantgajah
wages, salarygaji
wage, salarygaji
fierce, aggressivegalak
ferocious, fiestygalak
confused / depressed / stressedgalau
picture, drawing, imagegambar
a picturegambar
easygampang
easy (not mudah)gampang
to slap someone's face (slang)gampar
viciousganas
double / fold (including double chin)ganda
dual, double (only used for sports eg doubles tennis, or dual citizenship)ganda
an alley, a passageway, a corridorgang
to disturbganggu
handsomeganteng
to replace, to changeganti
saltgaram
garagegarasi
forkgarpu
to scratchgaruk
to itchgatal
gowngaun
stylegaya
style, mannergaya
water dippergayung
big (slang - same as besar)gede
buildinggedung
a symptomgejala
braceletgelang
dark, not well litgelap
darkgelap
degree, professional title, title of respectgelar
glass (i.e. a tumbler you drink from), a drinking glassgelas
glassgelas
fatgemuk
fatgemuk
fat, chubbygemuk
fatgendut
a roof tile, tiles (for a roof)genteng
a movegerakan
churchgereja
churchgereja
churchgereja
Catholic churchgereja katolik
Protestant churchgereja protestan
pimpgermo
to brush, slide, grategeser
agilegesit
tooth/teethgigi
toothgigi
crazy / mad / insanegila
how, what is ... like?, (informal/slangy)gimana
messygimbal
clearing chequegiro bilyet
guitargitar
like that (slang for begitu)gitu
stupid! (rude word)goblok
friedgoreng
fried foodgorengan
to shake, wobblegoyang
storeroom, warehousegudang
I (jakarta slang)gue
to fall in battlegugur
sugargula
sugargula
a cylindrical pillow, a bolsterguling
useful personGunawan
bald, barrengundul
thunderguntur
mountaingunung
mountaingunung
volcanogunung api
teacherguru
teacherguru
used up, all gonehabis
finished (means "to the max" in slang)habis
finishedhabis
after (informal)habis (informal for 'sesudah')
well, the thing ishabis (informal for karena)
a gift, a presenthadiah
present (gift)hadiah
gift, presenthadiah
presents, giftshadiah
a right, privilegehak
matterhal
thing (things, of thing, it), situation, circumstancehal
yard, (i.e. a fenced/walled area, adjacent to a house/building)halaman
page, yard, leafhalaman
hellohalo
HelloHalo
hellohalo
refined, well-spokenhalus
refined; well-manneredhalus
pregnant (for people)hamil
almosthampir
almosthampir
towelhanduk
warmhangat
warmhangat
onlyhanya
onlyhanya
hopeharap
the price of somethingharga
the lowest possible priceharga mati
a fixed priceharga pas
costsharganya
costsharganya
a dayhari
dayhari
labor dayhari buruh
day of Eid (islamic day)hari idul fitri
todayhari ini
todayhari ini
todayhari ini
Today is what day ?hari ini hari apa?
Fridayhari Jumat
Thursdayhari Kamis
a work dayhari kerja
a day off, a (day off for a) holiday, a one-day holidayhari libur
Sundayhari Minggu
Christmas Dayhari Natal
Christmashari Natal
christmas dayhari natal
Hero's day (veterans day in Indonesia)hari pahlawan
easter dayhari paskah
important dayhari penting
Wednesdayhari Rabu
a feast day, a big religious holidayhari raya
day of silence (bali religious holiday)hari raya nyepi
Saturdayhari Sabtu
the day beforehari sebelumnya
Tuesdayhari Selasa
Mondayhari Senin
new years dayhari tahun baru
birthdayhari ulang tahun
tigerharimau
tigerharimau
wealth, riches, treasureharta
mustharus
must, have toharus
mustharus
result, yieldhasil
the result of one's workhasil kerja
desirehasrat
hearthati
liverhati
heart (that loves, in science means liver)hati
careful, cautioushati-hati
thirstyhaus
soulhayat
terrifichebat
terrific, great (not bagus)hebat
hectare (the main unit of land area in indonesia)hektar
a helmethelm
startled, surprised, amazedheran
animals (not binatang)hewan
entertainmenthiburan
entertainmenthiburan
the food served at a mealhidangan
the nosehidung
nosehidung
to be alive, to livehidup
livehidup
lifehidup
alivehidup
greenhijau
vanished, disappeared, gone, losthilang
losehilang
disappearhilang
The Netherlands East IndiesHindia Belanda
until / so that (same as sampai)hingga
black, dark colouredhitam
blackhitam
dark brown complexionhitam manis
to counthitung
to count, calculatehitung
sharkhiu
hobbyhobi
respecthormat
with my respect (put at the bottom of letters and emails, similar to "yours sincerely" just before your name)Hormat saya
hotelhotel
a mobile phone, a hand phoneHP
relationshipshubungan
rainhujan
Rainhujan
heavy rainhujan deras
Hailhujan es
Light Rainhujan gerimis
law, the law (as a body of regulations or an area of study)hukum
letterhuruf
foresthutan
foresthutan
on end of word eliminates necessity for first object in sentencei
he, sheia
is, are, to beialah
worshipibadah
Maam/YouIbu
MrsIbu
mother, a lady, you (in addressing an elder female)ibu
Mrs./mother/you/youribu
land ladyibu kos
capital cityibu kota
capital cityibu kota
do you want to join us (to a woman)ibu mau ikut
a housewifeibu rumah tangga
ideaide
the festival of Ied, the (usually two) days of celebrations at the end of the Muslim fasting monthIdul Fitri
ribsiga
a diplomaijazah
permissionijin
fish, a fishikan
fishikan
a head clothikat kepala
an advertisementiklan
advertisementiklan
climateiklim
join / followikut
to go/come along, to join in, to also do something with, othersikut
followikut
accompanyikut
participate / joinikut
to attend a lecture, to go to a lectureikut kuliah
science, esoteric knowledgeilmu
science, knowledgeilmu
geographyilmu bumi
economicsilmu ekonomi
chemistryilmu kimia
mathematicsilmu pasti
scienceilmu pengetahuan
natural scienceilmu pengetahuan alam
social scienceilmu pengetahuan sosial
political scienceilmu politik
immigrationimigrasi
an implantimplan
beautiful (of art works, scenery, items)indah
beautiful (things / objects)indah
EurasianIndo
informationinformasi
to rememberingat
rememberingat
English, BritainInggris
English / EnglandInggris
to wish (to...), to want (to...)ingin
wish to, would like, wantingin
thisini
thisini
thisini
here are two dollarsini dua dollar
This is my motherini ibu saya
This is RihannaIni Rihanna
this is meini saya
here is some moneyini sedikit uang
this is ...inilah
an engineerinsinyur
an instructioninstruksi
God willinginsyaallah
internationalinternasional
peeping, perving, voyeurintip
jesus christIsa Almasih
doing something to kill boredomiseng
contents, to fillisi
the contents of somethingisi
the contents of somethingisi
inside of somethingisi
a palaceistana
special, exceptional, out of the ordinaryistimewa
specialistimewa
libertyistiqlal
wifeistri
wifeistri
wifeistri
my wifeistri saya
my wife and iistri saya dan saya
ItalyItalia
a duck (not bebek)itik
that, thoseitu
that / that is a ...itu
that; demonstrative pronoun; replaces a noun eg "I want that"itu
That is my motherItu ibu saya
it's a great ideaitu ide bagus
yesiya
yes of courseiya dong
permission, a permit to ask for permissionizin
a permitizin
so, therefore, thusjadi
so, therefore, thusjadi
so, thus (not maka)jadi
to happen, occur, transpire, take placejadi (verb)
a schedulejadwal
to guardjaga
look afterjaga
protectjaga
cornjagung
sinful, wicked, evil, nastyjahat
bad, eviljahat
gingerjahe
ignorant, foolishjahil
a row, a seriesjajar
a coatjaket
streetjalan
street, roadjalan
walk / streetjalan
gatot subroto streetjalan gatot subroto
general sudirman streetjalan general sudirman
general sudirman street is not over therejalan general sudirman tidak di sana
walkingjalan kaki
a way out, a solutionjalan keluar
a fly overjalan layang
highwayjalan raya
highwayjalan raya
walk straight aheadjalan terus
just for a walkjalan-jalan saja
the streetsjalanan
traffic lanejalur
hour / timejam
clock, watch, hour, hours, o'clockjam
o'clock (the hour of)jam
at what timejam berapa
What is the time ?jam berapa
What time is it now ?Jam berapa sekarang?
what time?jam berapa?
opening hoursjam buka
wall clockjam dinding
one oclockjam satu
eleven oclockjam sebelas
a wristwatchjam tangan
wrist watchjam tangan
Indonesian tonic and herbal medicinejamu
a widow, a divorceejanda
don't, do not!jangan
don'tjangan
don't!jangan
don't even think about it! (don't try try)jangan coba-coba
don't forgetjangan lupa
to be contagious, infectiousjangkit
lankyjangkung
promise, appointmentjanji
promise, appointment, datejanji
manly; male (for animal)jantan
the heartjantung
heart (science)jantung
JanuaryJanuari
rarely, seldomjarang
seldom / rarelyjarang
seldom, rarely, not oftenjarang
finger, toejari
finger(s), toe(s)jari
suit jacketjas
jacketjas
service, usefulnessjasa
to falljatuh
to fall down (things)jatuh
to fall sickjatuh sakit
farjauh
a long way away, distantjauh
farjauh
far / long distancejauh
it's far, isn't itjauh bukan
far fromjauh dari
far tojauh ke
central javajawa tengah
answer, ... answered so-and-so (in a, narrative)jawab
answerjawab
answerjawaban
a trapjebak
clearjelas
clear (not jernih)jelas
uglyjelek
ugly, bad, poor (quality)jelek
uglyjelek
bridgejembatan
pick upjemput
windowjendela
windowjendela
beardjenggot
a type, a category, a class of something, a species of somethingjenis
type, variety, kindjenis
japan / japanesejepang
JapanJepang
JapanJepang
GermanyJerman
Germanjerman
clear (not jelas)jernih
citrus fruitjeruk
oranges (fruit)jeruk
hijab, headscarfjilbab
orange (color)jingga
soul / spiritjiwa
dancing / boogey / groovingjoget
one traditional style of Javanese roofjoglo
hey / dude (slang from javanese)joss
to selljual
selljual
strugglejuang
title, headingjudul
also / toojuga
alsojuga
alsojuga
honestjujur
honestjujur
JulyJuli
sum, total, quantity, numberjumlah
tumble, flip overjungkir
JuneJuni
cliff, gorgejurang
juicejus
avocado juicejus alpukat
fruit juicejus buah
fruit juicejus buah
mango juicejus mangga
watermelon juicejus semangka
millionjuta
older sibling (short for kakak)ka
newskabar
good news / I'm finekabar baik
haze, fogkabut
glass, mirrorkaca
glasseskaca mata
spectacles / glasseskacamata
sun glasseskacamata hitam
nutskacang
lentilskacang hijau
long beanskacang panjang
peanutskacang tanah
chaoskacau
sometimes, occasionally, from time to timekadang-kadang
amazed, full of admirationkagum
cloth, fabrickain
a piece of cloth, textile, garmentkain
an older brother or sister, someone's older siblingkakak
older brother or sisterkakak
older siblingkakak
grandfatherkakek
grandfatherkakek
leg, footkaki
stiff, unbending forcekaku
to lose (a contest/fight etc.), to be defeatedkalah
lose (defeat in sport / battle)kalah
if / when / what about?kalau
ifkalau
ifkalau
that - when used as a conjunction the same as bahwa. It is commonly spoken more than "bahwa"kalau
when (future, eg "besok, kalau saya sudah tiba..")kalau
what about (you)?, what about (her/John etc.)kalau (Anda) bagaimana?
in that case / thenkalau begitu
If that's the case..., If that's how things stand...kalau begitu
what about nine oclockkalau jam sembilan
if we take the correct route (inclusive)kalau kita ambil rute yang benar
what about laterkalau nanti
if it's not a burdenkalau tidak keberatan
when (i.e. after something in the future has happened)kalau...sudah
times, a timekali
times (frequency eg 2 times = dua kali)kali
all of you, you (plural)kalian
(slangy) if as for (me/him/that etc.) as far as ... is concerned (informal)kalo
if / whenkalo
if (slang)kalo
if (slang for kalau)kalo
(informal) in the morningkalo pagi
south kalimantan (acronym for kalimantan selatan)kalsel
east borneo (acronym for kalimantan timur)kaltim
necklacekalung
roomkamar
roomkamar
lounge roomkamar duduk
toilet, rest roomkamar kecil
bathroom / toiletkamar kecil
bathroomkamar mandi
bedroomkamar tidur
goatkambing
camerakamera
our / we / us (excluding the person addressed)kami
we (excluding the person or persons you are talking to)kami
we (excluding listener)kami
we will buy breadkami akan beli roti
we're not yet hungrykami belum lapar
both of uskami berdua
we both live therekami berdua tinggal di sana
we can waitkami bisa tunggu
we've been here since this morningkami di sini sejak pagi ini
we would like..kami mau
we want to have many childrenkami mau punya banyak anak
we want to stay longerkami mau tinggal lebih lama
we need a driver and carkami perlu sopir dan mobil
we have one girlkami punya satu anak perempuan
we've already been here one weekkami sudah di sini satu minggu
we arrived yesterday morningkami tiba kemarin pagi
we don't have any (excludes listener)kami tidak punya
we don't have much timekami tidak punya banyak waktu
an axekampak
a village (k)kampung
villagekampung
country bumpkin, hillbillykampungan
campuskampus
campuskampus
you (informal)kamu
you (familiar)kamu
a dictionarykamus
derived from bukan to show a knowledge or understanding shared by speaker and listenerkan
no for nouns (slang for bukan), often used as a tag question "isn't it"kan
on end of root word means two objectskan
rightkanan
right, (the opposite of left)kanan
right (direction)kanan
older brother (slang for akang)kang
water spinachkangkung
cancerkanker
officekantor
officekantor
Tourist Officekantor pariwasata
police stationkantor polisi
Police Stationkantor polisi
post officekantor pos
Post Officekantor pos
Money Changer Officekantor tukar uang
shipkapal
shipkapal
whenkapan
when?kapan
when did you arrive in denpasarkapan anda tiba di denpasar
when do you want to drink something (to a man)kapan bapak mau minum sesuatu
When where you born ?Kapan kamu lahir?
When do you want to go to Bali ?kapan kamu mau pergi ke bali
anytimekapan saja
When?Kapan?
coral (when noun), compose (as verb)karang
quarantinekarantina
ticketkarcis
becausekarena
becausekarena
becausekarena
because (slang version of karena)karna
a cardkartu
a credit cardkartu kredit
a post cardkartu pos
identity cardKartu Tanda Penduduk (KTP)
employee, staff, workerkaryawan
workerskaryawan
crude, oafish, impolite, rough to the touchkasar
rude / coarsekasar
crude, rough rudekasar
said when expressing sympathy (also kasihan)kasian
give (slightly more common than beri when spoken)kasih
poor thingkasihan
poor youkasihan
casinokasino
casekasus
wordkata
a word, ... said so-and-so (in a, narrative)kata
word / to saykata
word / sayskata
nounkata dasar
this word, what does it meankata ini artinya apa
a verbkata kerja
verbkata-kerja
saykatakan
say thatkatakan bahwa
say againkatakan lagi
I heard that..., they say..., people say that...katanya
they say (that)katanya
CatholicKatolik
CatholicKatolik
youkau
you (slang for kamu)kau
a t-shirtkaus
sockskaus kaki
caviarkaviar
craterkawah
friend (not teman)kawan
a region, an areakawasan
regionkawasan
to get marriedkawin
marry (slang supposed to be used for animals like "mating" so is impolite but people use it)kawin
richkaya
richkaya
as, like, similar (slang, same meaning as seperti)kayak
woodkayu
woodkayu
wood/timberkayu
teakkayu jati
eucalyptus (white wood)kayu putih
toke
to (preposition), towards, in direction ofke
toke
upke atas
down (towards down)ke bawah
to forward, to the front, ahead, forwardske depan
to the rightke kanan
to the leftke kiri
exit fromke luar
(to) whereke mana
where do you want to goke mana anda mau pergi
to where?ke mana?
(to) thereke sana
go to thereke sana
(to) hereke sini
that's too muchkebanyakan
it's too much moneykebanyakan uang
a mostly transparent traditional women blousekebaya
burden, to object, objection, complain, be againstkeberatan
habitskebiasaan
blueishkebiru-biruan
a garden, a plantationkebun
The Botanical Garden (in Bogor)Kebun Raya
needskebutuhan
a sub-districtkecamatan
beautykecantikan
cool, awesomekece
accidentkecelakaan
disappointedkecewa
little / smallkecil
smallkecil
smallkecil
except forkecuali
the secondkedua
second (ordinal number)kedua
activitykegiatan
activitykegiatan
life; livelihood; existencekehidupan
to losekehilangan
blackishkehitam-hitaman
darkkehitam-hitaman
desire, wishkeinginan
incidentkejadian
crimekejahatan
cheesekeju
vocationalkejuruan
darlingkekasih
yellowishkekuning-kuningan
to be short ofkekurangan
night clubkelab malam
coconutkelapa
a classroom, grade/schoolyearkelas
economy classkelas ekonomi
elasticity, plasticitykeliatan
visiblekelihatan
it seems as ifkelihatannya
looks like, it seemskelihatannya
aroundkeliling
around the worldkeliling dunia
going aroundkeliling-keliling
managekelola
groupkelompok
to go out, to come out, to emerge, to exitkeluar
to go outkeluar
familykeluarga
familykeluarga
familykeluarga
complaintkeluhan
have forgottenkelupaan
a tent, campkemah
progresskemajuan
genitalskemaluan
genitals (beware - don't make a noun out of "malu" (shy) or you'll embarrass yourself)kemaluan
everywherekemana-mana
yesterdaykemarin
yesterdaykemarin
yesterdaykemarin
the day before yesterdaykemarin dulu
packagingkemasan
to go back, to come back, you're welcome, (in reply to 'thank you')kembali
returnkembali
to breed (animals)kembang biak
twinskembar
a shirtkemeja
shirt (with buttons)kemeja
polo shirtkemeja polo
reddishkemerah-merahan
independencekemerdekaan
thenkemudian
then (after that)kemudian
thenkemudian
then to the leftkemudian ke kiri
to be struck by something, to be adversely affected bykena
to be struck, hitkena
to know (someone)kenal
to know someonekenal
an acquaintancekenalan
to get to know, to meet (spoken, formal is berkenalan)kenalan
This is ... (when you are introducing someone)kenalkan
Let me introduce ...Kenalkan
whykenapa
why (less formal)kenapa
why notkenapa tidak
why are the shops closedkenapa tokonya tutup
why?kenapa?
why (informal, most common)Kenapa?
a vehiclekendaraan
vehiclekendaraan
how you going (balinese)kenken
potatokentang
potatoeskentang
fried chipskentang goreng
full (from eating)kenyang
to (when you are talking about something that is directed towards an individual or a group of people, not a place)kepada
to (for people)kepada
headkepala
village headkepala desa
office headkepala kantor
school principalkepala sekolah
want (to), wish (to) (ke)kepingin
crabkepiting
nephew / niecekeponakan
personalitykepribadian
a decisionkeputusan
apekera
ape (greater monkey)kera
handicraftskerajinan tangan
handicraftskerajinan tangan
basketkeranjang
water buffalokerbau
stylish, trendykeren
cool / awesome (trendy)keren
coolkeren
wagon / carriage / cartkereta
trainkereta api
drykering
drykering
curlykeriting
to work, (informal/slangy)kerja
workkerja
work / jobkerja
paperkertas
shrimp crackerskerupuk
prawn crackerskerupuk
being exasperated, irritated, annoyed, disgusted, fed up, crosskesal
a mistake, an errorkesalahan
an impressionkesan
opportunitykesempatan
art, fine artkesenian
possessedkesurupan
strict, tightketat
(informal) to meet, to findketemu
meetketemu
skillketerampilan
information, data, a statement/declaration, (concerning the facts of a, matter)keterangan
interestsketertarikan
fell asleepketiduran
type (on a keyboard)ketik
when ("ke" formal)ketika
by comparison with, thanketimbang
cucumberketimun
cucumberketimun
altitudeketinggian
sincerityketulusan
corianderketumbar
lumps of rice boiled in packets made from woven leaves (a special food eaten at Idul Fitri)ketupat
financekeuangan
uniquekhas
worriedkhawatir
something wrong you did by mistake (from arabic)khilaf
special, specific (adjective)khusus
special / uniquekhusus
in particular, especiallykhususnya
lightningkilat
(short for 'kilogram') a kilogram, a kilometrekilo
kilometerkilometer
kilometre(s)kilometer
now (sekarang but slang)kini
approximatelykira-kira
roughly, about, approximatelykira-kira
approximatelykira-kira
roughly / aboutkira-kira
roughly / approximatelykira-kira
leftkiri
left, (the opposite of right)kiri
left (direction)kiri
to send somethingkirim
sent / sendkirim
to sendkirim
a storykisah
our / we / us (including the person addressed)kita
we (including the person or persons you are talking to)kita
we (inclusive of listener)kita
we will go to Bandung (inclusive)kita akan pergi ke bandung
we can take the highway (inclusive)kita bisa ambil jalan raya
can we take the jakarta route (inclusive)kita bisa ambil rute jakarta
we can go home together (inclusive)kita bisa pulang bersama-sama
what else do we need (inclusive)kita perlu apa lagi
we need gas (inclusive)kita perlu bensin
doctor’s clinicklinik dokter
bank clearancekliring
muffler / exhaustknalpot
(informal)how come?, why?kok
interjection particle, an informal emphasis word indicating denial of something; denial word, an informal question or surprise word meaning: how come ?; why ?kok
how come? why? (interjection)kok
how come, why (slang)kok
cabbagekol
cabbagekol
a poolkolam
swimming poolkolam renang
swimming poolkolam renang
old fashioned (means parents in sundanese)kolot
commoditykomoditi
complicationkomplikasi
a componentkomponen
stove, (including the small, benchtop stove)kompor
compositionkomposisi
computerkomputer
computerkomputer
coffeekopi
coffeekopi
javanese coffeekopi jawa
Indonesian-style coffeekopi tubruk
newspaperkoran
newspaperkoran
this newspaperkoran ini
this newspaper is too expensivekoran ini terlalu mahal
the newspaperkoran itu
victim of an accidentkorban
rooming house rentalkos
vocabulary, glossarykosa
vocabularykosa kata
cosmeticskosmetik
empty, vacant, zero, naughtkosong
emptykosong
city, townkota
citykota
a boxkotak
a boxkotak
dirtykotor
dirtykotor
palacekraton
credit (from a bank)kredit
loankredit
christiankristen
a literary critickritikus
identity card (acronym)KTP (Kartu Tanda Penduduk)
qualitykualitas
power, authority (might)kuasa
strongkuat
strongkuat
cabbagekubis
catkucing
catkucing
a horsekuda
horsekuda
a cakekue
chocolate cakekue coklat
biscuits, cookieskue kering
quizkuis
a lecture (in a university coursekuliah
university lecturekuliah
skinkulit
a refrigeratorkulkas
moustachekumis
moustachekumis
a key (for unlocking)kunci
the key is... / the secret is...kuncinya
yellowkuning
yellowkuning
light brown complexionkuning langsat
visitkunjung
visitkunjungan
to peelkupas
earskuping
lackingkurang
minutes before the hourkurang
subtraction, minus (in mathematics)kurang
less, not so much, minus (in mathematical calculations)kurang (mathematics)
to, before (when telling the time)kurang (time)
not good (nice way of saying not good "tidak bagus")kurang bagus
too few, not enoughkurang banyak
so so, not so goodkurang begitu
plus or minus (used the same way people say "plus or minus" when giving estimates in english eg "plus or minus five items", but indonesians say minus plus)kurang lebih
not smart (nice way of saying dumb "bodoh")kurang pandai
don’t really likekurang suka
less..., not quite..., don't/doesn't really..., isn't/aren't really...kurang +adjective
curriculumkurikulum
chairkursi
chairkursi
easy chair, armchairkursi malas
(long) lounge chair, sofakursi panjang
armchairkursi tangan
thin, skinnykurus
thin / skinnykurus
tangled, disorderedkusut
good qualitykwalitasnya bagus
laboratorylaboratorium
drawerslaci
an open fieldladang
againlagi
again / elselagi
again, further, extra, more, elselagi
againlagi
same as sedang if before the verb, means again if after the verblagi
already (slangy use)lagi
a song, a tune, a piece of musiclagu
a songlagu
farm landlahan
farmlandlahan
to be bornlahir
bornlahir
outwardly and inwardlylahir dan batin
otherlain
otherlain
some other timelain kali
malelaki-laki
malelaki-laki
malelaki-laki
deeds, actions, behaviourlaku
flies (insects)lalat
then, after that, Then? Then what?, What happened then?lalu
thenlalu
trafficlalu lintas
long (time)lama
long (of duration), old, longstanding, from the pastlama
long (time)lama
to applylamar
slowlambat
past (time)lampau
a lamplampu
lamplampu
fluentlancar
smooth, fluentlancar
skylangit
the skylangit
rarelangka
rare, endangeredlangka
step twolangkah dua
step onelangkah satu
direct, directlylangsung
direct / straight / immediatelylangsung
right awaylangsung
advanced (talking about something that occurs at a further stage)lanjut
floorlantai
a cloth, raglap
a field, a (sports) ground, an open space (especially for recreation)lapangan
open spaceslapangan
field / courtlapangan
tennis courtlapangan tenis
hungrylapar
hungrylapar
a reportlaporan
report (document)laporan
to run, to run away, to escapelari
to runlari
early morning jogginglari pagi
the middle of the night, late at nightlarut malam
practice, exerciselatihan
the sealaut
sealaut
opponent, against, versus (eg team1 lawan team2)lawan
wide, broad, widthlebar
widelebar
(the Javanese term for) the period of celebrations at the end of the Muslim fasting monthLebaran
Eid (islamic day)lebaran
morelebih
more, -er (when comparing qualities to quantities)lebih
minutes past the hourlebih
better, it would be better if/to..., shouldlebih baik
betterlebih baik
morelebih banyak
even more, even (adjective)-erlebih banyak lagi
fasterlebih cepat
first, earlierlebih dulu
fartherlebih jauh
it's alot farther to jakartalebih jauh banyak ke jakarta
even further awaylebih jauh lagi
longer (time)lebih lama
even more expensivelebih mahal lagi
slower (more slow)lebih pelan
to prefer, to like something betterlebih suka
neckleher
weaklemah
weaklemah
cupboardlemari
fridge, refrigeratorlemari es
wardrobelemari pakaian
humidlembab
arm, sleevelengan
armlengan
long sleevedlengan panjang
short sleevedlengan pendek
completelengkap
free, looselepas
eternal, everlastinglestari
eruptionletusan
eruptionletusan
past (when telling the time), to go pastlewat
to go by/pastlewat
(informal) A slangy exclamation which, when it appears at the beginning of a phrase or sentence, expresses mild surprise and incredulitylho
wildliar
to be shut/closed (for a holiday etc.), to have time off (from work/school etc.)libur
vacation, holidayslibur
to vacationliburan
holidayliburan
holiday in baliliburan ke bali
a tonguelidah
to see, looklihat
seelihat
fivelima
fivelima
fivelima
fifteenlima belas
fiftylima puluh
fifty one thousandlima puluh satu ribu
to protectlindung
environmentlingkungan
environmentlingkungan
crossways, pathwayslintas
foldlipat
a lipsticklipstik
lyricslirik
oral, verballisan
electricitylistrik
you (jakarta slang)lo
lobbylobi
a location, a sitelokasi
contest, competitionlomba
small hotellosmen
lotterylotre
you (Jakarta slang)lu
the outside, the exteriorluar
outsideluar
extraordinaryluar biasa
broad, extensive, big (in area)luas
broad, vast, extensiveluas
holelubang
funnylucu
funny / cutelucu
an injury, an open woundluka
to paintlukis
not bad, quite goodlumayan
not badlumayan
forgotlupa
to forgetlupa
forgotlupa
straightlurus
straightlurus
the day after tomorrowlusa
kneelutut
excuse memaaf
Sorry, I apologisemaaf
Sorry / excuse memaaf
Sorry, you can’t!maaf tidak boleh
Excuse me, may I ask?maaf, boleh saya bertanya?
Excuse me, I want to ask ...maaf, saya mau bertanya
Forgive me for ...maafkan saya atas
drunk, sea-sickmabuk
drunkmabuk
drunk (alcohol), seasickmabuk
a sort, a kind, a sort of, a kind ofmacam
type / sort / kindmacam
variousmacam
all sorts (of), all kinds (of), various kinds ofmacam-macam
tiger (not harimau)macan
leopard (spotted tiger)macan tutul
traffic jammacet
traffic jams in jakarta make me annoyedmacet di jakarta bikin sebal
honeymadu
internshipmagang
expensivemahal
expensivemahal
expensivemahal
very expensivemahal sekali
university studentmahasiswa
college student (male)mahasiswa
college student (female)mahasiswi
expertmahir
playmain
magazinemajalah
magazinemajalah
a bossmajikan
to go forwardmaju
moving forward, advancemaju
to advance, go forwardmaju
thus (not jadi)maka
essay, articlemakalah
a grave, a tombmakam
eatmakan
to eatmakan
eatmakan
dinnermakan malam
to have dinnermakan malam
to have breakfastmakan pagi
lunchmakan siang
to have lunchmakan siang
foodmakanan
foodmakanan
snackfoodmakanan kecil
(informal) thanksmakasih
thank you (short form)makasih
Maximummaksimal
shopping mallmal
instead, yetmalah
evening, nightmalam
nightmalam
nightmalam
this evening / tonightmalam ini
saturday night (night before sunday)malam minggu
friday night (night before saturday)malam sabtu
lazymalas
embarrassed, shymalu
shymalu
mother (used at home)mamah
able tomampu
what, which onemana
wheremana
everywheremana-mana
pointed (of nose)mancung
long for nosemancung
to take a bath/showermandi
bathe/shower (for people only eg not cars)mandi
independentmandiri
mangomangga
mangomangga
mangosteen (a tropical fruit unrelated to mango)manggis
bowlmangkok
sweetmanis
sweetmanis
a human beingmanusia
people, humansmanusia
angrymarah
angrymarah
MarchMaret
margarinemargarin
please, c'mon, let's, good byemari
let's go (like ayo)mari
Let us (Let’s) ...mari kita
Friend / Mate ...Mas
time/period (not waktu)masa
the futuremasa depan
the present nowadaysmasa kini
the pastmasa lalu
the pastmasa lampau
the pastmasa lampau
to cookmasak
to do the cooking, to cook (something)masak
cookmasak
(informal) I don't believe you/it!, come off it!, you're kidding me!masak!
cooking, cuisine, cooked foodmasakan
problemmasalah
problemmasalah
problems, issuesmasalah
still (adverb)masih
still (continuing)masih
stillmasih
mosquemasjid
maskmasker
come inmasuk
to go in, to come in, to entermasuk
entermasuk
to catch a coldmasuk angin
come in pleasemasuk silahkan
community, society, public, people of a certain placemasyarakat
community, societymasyarakat
communitymasyarakat
an eyemata
the points of the compassmata angin
a subject (of study at a university), a course, a unit of studymata kuliah
subjectmata pelajaran
sunmatahari
sunsetmatahari terbenam
sunrisematahari terbit
mathematicsmatematika
to die, deadmati
death / die (should only be used for animals but often used for people in slang)mati
wantmau
to want (to do something), to want (something)mau
wantmau
Where are you going?Mau ke mana?
want to eat with usmau makan dengan kami
what do you want to drinkmau minum apa
what do you want to do?mau ngapain
what do you want to do (want to plan what)mau rencana apa
rosemawar
MayMei
tablemeja
a tablemeja
tablemeja
dining tablemeja makan
desk, writing tablemeja tulis
undertake / domelakukan
do (perform an action)melakukan
done by (active)melakukan
to do something, to undertake something, to make (a trip, effort)melakukan (lakukan)
by, throughmelalui
going throughmelalui
throughmelalui
to apply for (a job), to formally ask for a woman's hand in marriagemelamar
continuemelanjutkan
to report something to someonemelaporkan (laporkan)
to forbidmelarang
to train, practicemelatih
to serve someone, to attend to (customers)melayani
malaymelayu
weakensmelemah
to eruptmeletus (letus)
to see, lookmelihat
to see (something)melihat
to see something/someone, to look atmelihat (lihat)
looking aroundmelihat-lihat
to jump aroundmelompat-lompat
to paintmelukis (lukis)
only, merelymelulu
to use, to wearmemakai
to use something, to wear somethingmemakai (pakai)
to look at, to gaze atmemandang (pandang)
indeed, yes I agree, that's absolutely rightmemang
indeedmemang
to grillmemanggang (panggang)
to summon someone, to call out to someonememanggil (panggil)
cookingmemasak
to cookmemasakkan
to fit, instal, set/put something in a placememasang (pasang)
to put something inmemasukkan
to put something intomemasukkan (masukkan)
obeymematuhi
to read (something)membaca
to readmembaca (baca)
to give out, divide outmembagi-bagi
discussmembahas
to improvemembaik
burnmembakar
to build/construct somethingmembangun
to build/construct somethingmembangun (bangun)
to assist, helpmembantu
to help someone, to assistmembantu (bantu)
increasemembanyak
bringmembawa
to take, to bring, to carry (something somewhere)membawa (bawa)
to pay (an amount)membayar
to paymembayar (bayar)
to defendmembela
buymembeli
To buy (something)membeli
to buy somethingmembeli (beli)
to give (something)memberi
to givememberikan
to give somethingmemberikan (berikan)
to inform (tell you about)memberitahu
to tell someonememberitahu (beritahu)
to cleanmembersihkan
to clean somethingmembersihkan (bersihkan)
boringmembosankan (bosankan)
to throw awaymembuang (buang)
to waste timemembuang waktu
to make (something)membuat
to make (something)membuat (buat)
to open somethingmembuka
to open somethingmembuka (buka)
to wrap somethingmembungkus (bungkus)
killedmembunuh
to murder someonemembunuh (bunuh)
to need somethingmembutuhkan (butuhkan)
to fire someone (from a job)memecat (pecat)
to hold on to somethingmemegang (pegang)
to keep (as a pet, domestic animal or farm animal)memelihara (pelihara)
to examinememeriksa (periksa)
to order (something)memesan
choosememilih
to choosememilih
to choosememilih (pilih)
own (to possess)memiliki
have, ownmemiliki
to havememiliki (miliki)
to leadmemimpin (pimpin)
to borrow somethingmeminjam (pinjam)
to separatememisahkan (pisahkan)
to cutmemotong
to cut something, to cut something offmemotong (potong)
to repair something, to fix something brokenmemperbaiki (perbaiki)
to pay attention tomemperhatikan (perhatikan)
to tradememperjualbelikannya
get / obtainmemperoleh
to have something, to own somethingmempunyai (punyai)
to hit (someone/something)memukul
to hit someone/something, to strikememukul (pukul)
to destroymemusnahkan
to decidememutuskan (putuskan)
to save moneymenabung
to add to somethingmenambah (tambah)
to addmenambahkan (tambahkan)
to plant something, invest (with me-)menanam
to plant something, to grow something e.g. a cropmenanam (tanam)
to sign somethingmenandatangani (tandatangani)
to winmenang
to winmenang
to handle, to deal withmenangani
to crymenangis (tangis)
to catchmenangkap (tangkap)
to dancemenari
dancemenari
withdraw (verb), also interesting, attractivemenarik
interesting, attractivemenarik (tarik)
to putmenaruh (taruh)
to advicemenasihatkan (nasihatkan)
to offer something to someonemenawarkan (tawarkan)
to mixmencampur (campur)
seek / look formencari
to look formencari (cari)
to try to find a waymencari jalan
to preventmencegah
to love someonemencintai (cintai)
to kiss someone, to smell, to sniff somethingmencium (cium)
to try to do something, to try something out, to try on (clothes)mencoba (coba)
to washmencuci
to washmencuci (cuci)
to stealmencuri (curi)
climbmendaki
to row a boat, to paddlemendayung
to hear (something)mendengar
to hearmendengar (dengar)
to listen to (something)mendengarkan
to listen to somethingmendengarkan (dengarkan)
listening to musicmendengarkan musik
suffermenderita
founded / establishedmendiri
to phone (someone)menelpon
to discover, findmenemukan
middle-levelmenengah (tengah)
to receive something, to accept somethingmenerima (terima)
to translate somethingmenerjemahkan (terjemahkan)
to hold, to have (a meeting/gathering/event)mengadakan (adakan)
invitedmengajakku
to teach (something)mengajar
teachmengajar
to teach (someone / students / pupils / a subject), to do teachingmengajar (ajar)
to experience somethingmengalami (alami)
takemengambil
to go and get something, to fetch something, to reach out and remove, to pick up somethingmengambil (ambil)
to get something for somebodymengambilkan
to gape, be open-mouthedmenganga
to consider asmenganggap (anggap)
to be unemployed, to be doing nothingmenganggur (anggur)
to lift up, raisemengangkat (angkat)
accompany / takemengantar
take/bring/escort someonemengantar
to take/accompany someone somewhere, to deliver something or someone to a certain placemengantar (antar)
why (formal)mengapa
Why is John sick/ill ?Mengapa John sakit?
Why didn’t you go to work ?Mengapa kamu tidak masuk kerja?
why?mengapa?
why (formal)Mengapa?
to caremengasuh
says (very formal written)mengatakan
to say somethingmengatakan (katakan)
co-ordinate / organisemengatur
to arrange something, to regulate somethingmengatur (atur)
disappointingmengecewakan (kecewakan)
to make smaller, shrinkmengecil
to exit, expel, releasemengeluarkan
to put something outmengeluarkan (keluarkan)
to returnmengembalikan (kembalikan)
to knowmengenal
know (people)mengenal
to drivemengendarai (kendarai)
to do, perform, executemengerjakan
understandmengerti
to understandmengerti
to understand (something)mengerti
to know something, to find out about somethingmengetahui (ketahui)
to typemengetik (ketik)
write on computermengetik menulis
to combine, to mergemenggabungkan (gabungkan)
to drawmenggambar
to paint, to describemenggambarkan (gambarkan)
to carry somethingmenggendong (gendong)
to fry somethingmenggoreng (goreng)
to brush your teethmenggosok gigi
usemenggunakan
to value, respectmenghargai (hargai)
surprisingmengherankan (heran)
turn on/switch on (a light or engine)menghidupkan (hidupkan)
avoidmenghindari
to count somethingmenghitung (hitung)
to make a contact with someonemenghubungi (hubungi)
to stay (for one or more nights e.g. in a hotel or with a friend/relative), to sleep overmenginap (inap)
to break a promisemengingkar janji
to sendmengirim
to send somethingmengirim (kirim)
to slice thinlymengiris (iris)
to fillmengisi
to fillmengisi
to fill somethingmengisi (isi)
to healmengobati (obati)
chatmengobrol
to spread overmengoleskan (oleskan)
to changemengubah
to change, to altermengubah (ubah)
to say something, to utter something, to pronounce (a sound)mengucapkan (ucapkan)
to examine, testmenguji
visit (verb)mengunjungi
to visit (a person/place)mengunjungi
visit (active verb)mengunjungi
to decreasemengurangi
to take care of somethingmengurus (urus)
to try, to make an effortmengusahakan (usahakan)
to suggestmengusulkan (usulkan)
marriedmenikah
to marry (verb)menikah
to get marriedmenikah
to get marriedmenikah (nikah)
to enjoy (from nikmat)menikmati
to appraise, value, grade, rate, scoremenilai
evaluate, judgemenilai
to pass away, (a polite way of saying 'to die')meninggal
to die (more respectful like "passed away")meninggal
to pass away, (a polite way of saying, 'to die')meninggal (tinggal)
to leave a person or a placesmeninggalkan (tinggalkan)
to look over, observemeninjau
becomemenjadi
to become, to bemenjadi (jadi)
becoming sillymenjadi-jadi
to sewmenjahit (jahit)
to answermenjawab (jawab)
exploremenjelajahi
to pick up someone (e.g. on arrival at a destination)menjemput (jemput)
to dry something in the sunmenjemur (jemur)
to sellmenjual
to sell (something)menjual
to sellmenjual (jual)
to help someone (especially someone in difficulty)menolong (tolong)
watch (view)menonton
watchedmenonton
to watch something (especially TV, a sports match, a performance, a movie, a spectacle)menonton (tonton)
watching televisionmenonton televisi
rawmentah
buttermentega
a minister (government)menteri
to writemenulis
to writemenulis
to writemenulis (tulis)
to sauteemenumis (tumis)
waitingmenunggu
waitmenunggu
to wait, to wait for (someone / something), to awaitmenunggu (tunggu)
to point repeatedlymenunjuk-nunjuk (tunjuk)
to show somethingmenunjukkan (tunjukkan)
go downmenurun
according tomenurut
opinion, according tomenurut
in your opinion..menurut kamu
In my opinion ("I think" but formal)menurut pendapat saya
to shut something, to close somethingmenutup (tutup)
to servemenyajikan (sajikan)
to burn, to light, to ignitemenyala
to singmenyanyi (nyanyi)
to sing (a certain song)menyanyikan (nyanyikan)
to speak, address, greetmenyapa
to sweepmenyapu (sapu)
to recommendmenyarankan (sarankan)
happymenyenangkan
to satisfy, make happymenyenangkan
enjoyablemenyenangkan
pleasant, nice, enjoyablemenyenangkan (senang)
to be alonemenyendiri
absorbsmenyerap
to ironmenyeterika (seterika)
drivemenyetir
to rentmenyewa
to store somethingmenyimpan
to store something away, to save/deposit moneymenyimpan (simpan)
to spray, flush, pour (liquid on), to hose downmenyiram
to comb (e.g. your hair)menyisir (sisir)
to order, commandmenyuruh
redmerah
pink (alternative based on a fruit)merah jambu
pinkmerah muda
populist, like the common manmerakyat
to feel (an emotion), to feel that...merasa (rasa)
feelsmerasakan
to nurse; care for; attend to; look aftermerawat
independentmerdeka
independentmerdeka
independent, freemerdeka
to boilmerebus
to boilmerebus (rebus)
brandmerek
they / themmereka
they, theirmereka
they/them/theirmereka
they're bigmereka besar
they're heremereka di sini
peppermerica
peppermerica
to smokemerokok (rokok)
pigeon, dovemerpati
to changemerubah
to damage, break somethingmerusak
to damage, destroy break somethingmerusak (rusak)
engine, machinemesin
machinemesin
engine (machine)mesin
washing machinemesin cuci
dishwashermesin cuci piring
EgyptMesir
mosquemesjid
grand mosquemesjid raya
even thoughmeski
althoughmeskipun
must / should (not harus)mesti
revenue stamps (stamp duty)meterai
luxuriousmewah
luxuriousmewah
to interviewmewawancarai
interviewmewawancarai
to conduct an interview with someonemewawancarai (wawancarai)
sulkingmgambek
noodlesmi
spicy noodlesmi pedas
fried noodlesmie goreng
(informal) to thinkmikir (pikir)
(informal) to choosemilih (pilih)
belonging of, owned bymilik
ownedmilik
billionsmilyar
a dream, to dreammimpi
dreammimpi
weekminggu
weekminggu
next weekminggu depan
next weekminggu depan
this weekminggu ini
last weekminggu lalu
last weekminggu yang lalu
Minimumminimal
to request (informally)minta
to ask for something, to requestminta
May I please ask for ...Minta ...
to take one's leave of, to ask permission to leaveminta diri
to apologise, to ask for forgivenessminta maaf
to ask for assistance/helpminta tolong
drinkminum
to drinkminum
drinking (verb)minum
drink / drinksminuman
drinkminuman
beverage (noun)minuman
alcoholic drinksminuman keras
oilminyak
oil, greaseminyak
oilminyak
coconut oilminyak kelapa
similarmirip
example (not contoh)misal
to supposemisalkan
for examplemisalnya
for examplemisalnya
poormiskin
poormiskin
carmobil
carmobil
carmobil
the moderatormoderator
modernmodern
to ask someone for something (respectfully)mohon
to apologise, to ask for forgivenessmohon maaf
a mechanicmontir
monumentmonumen
motorcyclemotor
fed up, had enoughmuak
local contentmuatan lokal
youngmuda
youngmuda
easymudah
easymudah
easy (not gampang)mudah
let's hope that, I hope thatmudah-mudahan
to make a visit back to your home village in the countryside, to go upstreammudik
someone's face, the front part of somethingmuka
face / frontmuka
at firstmula-mula
to begin, to start, to make a beginningmulai
begin, startmulai
starting to get cold (start cold)mulai dingin
the mouthmulut
moving backward, retreatmundur
maybemungkin
possibly, maybe, perhaps, possible, maymungkin
may (possibly)mungkin
maybe it's over theremungkin di sana
maybe they're openmungkin mereka buka
maybe latermungkin nanti
maybe later in the eveningmungkin nanti malam
maybe I want to drink teamungkin saya mau minum teh
maybe i knowmungkin saya tahu
maybe the shops are open tomorrowmungkin tokonya buka besok
cheapmurah
cheapmurah
pupil / studentmurid
studentsmurid-murid
prayer room (for Muslims), a small mosquemusala
museummuseum
musicmusik
musicmusik
a seasonmusim
seasonmusim
wintermusim dingin
winter (cold season)musim dingin
the rainy seasonmusim hujan
the dry seasonmusim kemarau
summermusim panas
summer (hot season)musim panas
a pearlmutiara
qualitymutu
good qualitymutunya bagus
religious prophetnabi
prophetnabi
a breathnafas
(particle) now ..., okay (let's move on to something else)nah
ridenaik
by (when talking about a mode of transport), to get aboard, to go upwards, to ascendnaik
to travel bynaik
to make the pilgrimage to Meccanaik haji
naughtynakal
namenama
(someone's) name, the name (of something)nama
namenama
Her name is RihannaNama dia Rihanna
my namenama saya
My name is ...nama saya
Her name is ClaireNamanya Claire
Her name is RihannaNamanya Rihanna
by the name of..., whose name is..., his/her/its name is...namanya...
yet, however, even thoughnamun
pineapplenanas
to cry (slang from menangis)nangis
laternanti
in a short while, laternanti
laternanti
just a moment, wait a moment, hang on a secnanti dulu
tonight (spoken earlier in the day)nanti malam
later tonightnanti malam
this afternoon (spoken in the morning)nanti siang
later this afternoonnanti siang
late this afternoon (spoken earlier in the day)nanti sore
ask (slang for tanya)nanya
the breathnapas
bank customernasabah
cooked ricenasi
fried ricenasi goreng
fried ricenasi goreng
advicenasihat
nationalnasional
nationalnasional
script, text, documentnaskah
no, not (informal)ndak
countrynegara
country, nationnegara
(adjective) state, government (owned)negeri
countrynegeri
fishermannelayan
grandmothernenek
grandmothernenek
ancestorsnenek moyang
be upset, have a tantrumngambek
sleepy (slang)ngantuk
why? why on earth...?, what (is someone) doing?, what for? what's the point?, what's going on?ngapain
a question word meaning: why ?ngapain
what are you doing? (doing what?) (slangy)ngapain
tell you (slang for kasih tahu)ngasih tahu
to buy something for someone (slang for membelikan)ngebeliin
dance style used by dangdut performers (slang)ngebor
listen (slang)ngedengerin
deny (slang)ngeles
to do, perform, execute (jakarta slang of karja / mengerjakan)ngerjain
understand (mengerti)ngerti
no, not (informal)nggak
or not when added to the end of a sentence. Instead of apakahnggak
not therenggak ada
not borednggak bosan
I didn't realise (slang, same as "tidak sadar")nggak neh
no problem (slang for tidak apa-apa)nggak pa-pa
not necessary (slang for tidak perlu)nggak usah
follow (same as ikut but slangy)ngikut
droolngiler
to chat, to talk about something (informal)ngobrol
to say talk, chatngomong
talking (slang, everyone says this, not bicara)ngomong
(informal) to snorengorok
manage, look after (slang for mengurus)ngurus
this, at the moment, nownih
this (slang for ini)nih
enjoynikmat
value, pricenilai
the monetary value of something, a value, a norm, normsnilai
zero, noughtnol
(informal) to helpnolong (tolong)
numbernomor
number (such-and-such), such-and-such a number, in room number 6nomor
numbernomor
unmarried woman, missnona
to stick out, to hit (slang)nonjol
to watch, viewnonton
(informal) to go to the movies, to watch something (especially TV, a sports match, a parade etc.)nonton (tonton)
novelnovel
NovemberNovember
thank you (in sundanese)nuhun
wait (slang for tunggu)nunggu
archipelagonusantara
affix which sometimes means "the"nya
blaze, flame, firenyala
a flamenyala
pleasant (talking about your surroundings)nyaman
pleasant, comfortablenyaman
relaxing (jakarta slang)nyantai
chilling, relaxing (slang)nyantai
to singnyanyi
to singnyanyi
singnyanyi
weave (in traffic)nyelip
zig-zagging (crossing left right)nyelip kiri kanan
quiet (slang)nyepi
to comb (slang)nyisir
Mrs.Nyonya
to pickpocket (slang)nyopet
wash (things not people, jakarta slang for cuci)nyuci
Really! Really?, Is that so!O begitu!
Oh, before I forget...o ya
medicineobat
medicineobat
medicineobat
chatobrol
to chatobrol
OctoberOktober
to treat, processolah
sportolahraga
sportolahraga
by (i.e. done/made/written by)oleh
by (as in: an action or work performed by...)oleh
because of this/that, for this reason, that is why...oleh karena itu
a gift/present brought back for family or a friend after a trip somewhereoleh-oleh
souvenirsoleh-oleh
to speakomong
by the way..omong-omong
the cost of a service, the charge of a service, the fareongkos
personorang
person, man/womanorang
people / personorang
american (person)orang amerika
foreignerorang asing
a villagerorang desa
adult (orang)orang dewasa
indonesian (person)orang indonesia
other peopleorang lain
drunkard, drunk personorang mabuk
a sick personorang sakit
parentsorang tua
an orang-outangorang utan
peopleorang-orang
organisationorganisasi
parents (slangy abbreviation)ortu
the brainotak
brainotak
factorypabrik
herbal drink factorypabrik jamu
cigarette factorypabrik rokok
a boyfriend / girlfriendpacar
boyfriend / girlfriendpacar
to be going steady, to be dating, to be going out withpacaran
on, at, in (time)pada
at (preposition of time), particle meaning pluralpada
in the month ofpada bulan
on Sundaypada hari Minggu
at five o'clockpada jam lima
at 9 o'clockpada jam sembilan
at nightpada malam hari
during this weekpada minggu ini
in the summerpada musim panas
in the morning(s)pada pagi hari
in the afternoon(s)pada siang hari
in the late afternoon(s)pada sore hari
at the time whenpada waktu
at that timepada waktu itu
in the morningpada waktu pagi
“whereas” / “and” - a conjunction that contrasts the first clause as unnecessary and/or the second clause as a positive alternative. E.g.: [Kita mahal-mahal nyewa mobil] clause 1 padahal CONJ [naik kereta lebih cepat dan murah] clause 2 ENG Gloss: [We exppadahal
rice (as it grows in a paddy field or dry field), a rice plantpadi
fencepagar
fencepagar
morningpagi
morningpagi
very early in the morningpagi-pagi
early in the morningpagi-pagi
early morningpagi-pagi
bitter, without sugar(tea, coffee)pahit
a heropahlawan
Sir/YouPak
Mr, sir (a title and term of address)Pak
Sir / FatherPak
clothes, clothingpakaian
clothingpakaian
a suitpakaian setelan
food for animals, fodderpakan
animal foodpakan
(informal)by (a certain mode of transport), withpake
to wear / use (slang for pakai / memakai)pake
packagepaket
packagepaket
the mostpaling
mostpaling
bestpaling baik
biggestpaling besar
leastpaling sedikit
like mostpaling suka
at leastpaling tidak
unclepaman
unclepaman / om
hotpanas
the five philosophical pillars of indonesiapancasila
a pot, saucepanpanci
to be good at (doing something), clever, intelligent, smartpandai
smartpandai
someone's gaze, an opinion/view about somethingpandangan
food (not makanan)pangan
roasted; to roastpanggang
to call, summonpanggil
callpanggil
stage, raised platformpanggung
to the power of (in mathematics eg tiga pangkat dua means 3 squared = 9), also means rankpangkat
a committeepanitia
long (of things or distance)panjang
long (size)panjang
longpanjang
beachpantai
coast, coastline, shore, beachpantai
beachpantai
the buttockspantat
blackboardpapan tulis
papa, father, dadpapi
plural marker for human beingspara
before a word makes it a pluralpara
tourist (as an adjective)pariwisata
the parliamentparlemen
the lungsparu-paru
lungsparu-paru
to fitpas
pair, couple / assemble something / rise (of the tide)pasang
a partnerpasangan
marketpasar
marketpasar
meat marketpasar daging
grand marketpasar raya
super marketpasar swalayan
patient (in health care)pasien
sandpasir
passportpaspor
definitely, sure to be, bound to (be...), must be (i.e. bound to be)pasti
certain / for surepasti
statuepatung
worthy, proper, decentpatut
umbrellapayung
to breakpecah
a dealer/merchantpedagang
interior, inlandpedalaman
spicypedas
spicy hotpedas
countrysidepedesaan
to care about, pay attention topeduli
to care aboutpeduli
office worker, employeepegawai
staff / workerpegawai
office workerpegawai kantor
a civil servantpegawai negeri
local politician, officialpejabat
fighters for a noble causepejuang
a workerpekerja
work, job, employmentpekerjaan
homeworkpekerjaan rumah
portpelabuhan
learnerpelajar
lessonpelajaran
student lessonpelajaran
slow / slowlypelan
slowlypelan-pelan
customerpelanggan
a coachpelatih
trainerpelatih
waiter/waitress, sales staffpelayan
a waiter / waitresspelayan (layan)
stingypelit
cheap / stingypelit
a playerpemain (main)
the use of somethingpemakaian (pakai)
shy personpemalu
a shy personpemalu (malu)
global warmingpemanasan global
view, scene, panorama, (natural) scenerypemandangan (pandang)
view, vista, scenerypemandangan alam
tour guidepemandu wisata
incomepemasukan
developmentpembangunan (bangun)
a household servantpembantu (bantu)
buyer / shopperpembeli
liarpembohong
makerpembuat
a blood vessel, a vein, an arterypembuluh darah
performancepementasan
the governmentpemerintah
governmentpemerintah
managerpemimpin
a leaderpemimpin (pimpin)
viewerspemirsa
penpena
a penpena
someone's appearance, the way someone presents themselvespenampilan (tampil)
dancerpenari (tari)
withdrawalpenarikan
an advisor, a counsellorpenasihat (nasihat)
prevention, to stop somethingpencegahan
creatorpencipta
thiefpencuri
a thiefpencuri (curi)
burypendam
opinionpendapat
opinionpendapat
public opinionpendapat umum
shortpendek
shortpendek
shortpendek
sword fighterpendekar
quiet personpendiam
quiet (of a person)pendiam
quiet (of a person)pendiam (diam)
educationpendidikan
educationpendidikan (didik)
a reception area in a traditional Javanese housependopo
population, residentpenduduknya
loggingpenebangan
researcherpeneliti (teliti)
a flightpenerbangan
flightpenerbangan
translator / interpreterpenerjemah
lawyerpengacara (acara)
a teacherpengajar (ajar)
experiencepengalaman
experiencepengalaman
withdrawal (taking)pengambilan
carerpengasuh
a managerpengelola (kelola)
wish, desire (slang, same meaning as ingin)pengen
ruler, linerpenggaris
visitorspengunjung
a businessman, a businesswoman, an entrepreneurpengusaha (usaha)
criminalpenjahat
criminalpenjahat (jahat)
a sellerpenjual (jual)
a pencilpensil
retiredpensiun
pension, retirement moneypensiun
pension, retirement annuitypensiun
importantpenting
importantpenting
crowdedpenuh
fullpenuh
author, writerpenulis
a writer, an authorpenulis (tulis)
the idea of writing (abstract noun eg the writing of the constitution)penulisan
passengerpenumpang
passengerpenumpang (tumpang)
a coverpenutup (tutup)
gas tank lidpenutup tangki
a diseasepenyakit
illness, diseasepenyakit
a singerpenyanyi
depositorpenyetor
furnitureperabot
character, (in a play, story)peraga
fashion showperagaan busana
a small boat, a traditional Indonesian, sailboat, a yachtperahu
silver (also slang for rupiah)perak
equipmentperalatan
FrancePerancis
Franceperancis
warperang
warperang
world war twoperang dunia kedua
world war oneperang dunia pertama
trapperangkap
emotions, feelingsperasaan
taste / feelingperasaan
a virginperawan
celebrationperayaan
land bordersperbatasan darat
differenceperbedaan
an act, a deedperbuatan
conversationpercakapan
to believepercaya
believe, trustpercaya
self-confidentpercaya diri
beleive it!percaya lah
prime ministerperdana menteri
femaleperempuan
femaleperempuan
femaleperempuan
go / wentpergi
to gopergi
go / wentpergi
attentionperhatian
a fisheryperikanan
details of somethingperincian
warningperingatan
an order, a command, an instructionperintah
incidents, happeningsperistiwa
trip, journey, travelperjalanan
travelperjalanan
marriageperkawinan
developmentperkembangan
an introductionperkenalan
needperlu
needperlu
need restperlu istirahat
rugpermadani
candypermen
candypermen
excuse mepermisi
excuse mepermisi
excuse mepermisi
once, ever, at some time in the pastpernah
has/have beenpernah
everpernah
have you everpernah
libraryperpustakaan
libraryperpustakaan
a squarepersegi
percentpersen
a problempersoalan
the firstpertama
firstpertama
firstly, first of allpertama-tama
miningpertambangan
mining (digging for minerals)pertambangan
a (sports) match, a football matchpertandingan
agriculturepertanian
questionpertanyaan
questionpertanyaan
a gathering, meeting, rallypertemuan
T-Junctionpertigaan
a showpertunjukan
climate changeperubahan iklim
a housing complexperumahan
housingperumahan
company, business enterpriseperusahaan
company (business entity)perusahaan
company / corporationperusahaan
destroyer, vandalperusak
abdomen, bellyperut
aeroplanepesawat terbang
air planepesawat terbang
facebookingpesbukan
flat (of nose)pesek
surferpeselancar
a party, a festivalpesta
partypesta
birthday partypesta ulang tahun
farmerpetani
farmerpetani
farmer (animals), cattlemanpeternak
a stafferpetugas
on the side of (different groups) eg pihak golkar = supporter of Golkarpihak
massagepijat
thinkpikir
to consider about somethingpikir-pikir
an idea/a thoughtpikiran
thoughtpikiran
a cold, to have a coldpilek
choosepilih
to shift, to movepindah
to move / movedpindah
moved aroundpindah-pindah
edge, fringe, outskirts, suburbs (side in the sense of edge, margin, border)pinggir
to borrow somethingpinjam
borrow, lendpinjam
a loan of money, a lend of somethingpinjaman
clever, intelligent, smartpintar
smart, clever (same as pandai)pintar
door, entrancepintu
doorpintu
entrancepintu masuk
cheekspipi
blondepirang
blondepirang
plate, the dishespiring
platepiring
dishes, platespiring
record (old style vinyl LP)piringan hitam
separatepisah
bananapisang
bananapisang
bananaspisang
knifepisau
a teapotpoci
treepohon
treepohon
a banyan treepohon beringin
trees (note: in slang adding 2 to the end of a word doubles the word, so pohon-pohon, tree -> trees)pohon2
the main thing ispokoknya
police, police officerpolisi
police officerpolisi
policepolisi
Indonesian Police - Slang Acronym for Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesiapolri
pollutionpolusi
petrol station (gas station)pompa bensin
popularpopuler
flower potpot bunga
flower potpot bunga
to cutpotong
cutpotong
slang for homework (pekerjaan rumah)PR
weather forecastprakiraan cuaca
practicepraktek
practicalpraktis
an air hostesspramugari
predictionprediksi
civilianpreman
presentationpresentasi
a president, President (so-and-so)Presiden
presidentpresiden
a manpria
malepria
private / personalpribadi
very concerned (about, something)prihatin
productionproduksi
plan/program of actionprogram
processproses
provinceprovinsi
projectproyek
satisfiedpuas
fasting, the Islamic Fastpuasa
fasting (not eating)puasa
public (not umum)publik
o'clock[a marker word used to express the time of day in hours and minutes]pukul
o'clock (the hour of) (slang) / hit, punchpukul
What is the time ?pukul berapa
go home / returnpulang
to come home, to go homepulang
to go homepulang
islandpulau
an island eg. the island of Balipulau
a number-word indicating multiples of tenpuluh
tenspuluh
extinctpunah
a peakpuncak
the backpunggung
havepunya
to havepunya
havepunya
have rupiahpunya uang rupiah
fertiliserpupuk
templepura
Balinese Hindu templepura
templepura
pretendpura-pura
the centrepusat
a shopping centrepusat perbelanjaan
a community health centrePuskesmas
to turn aroundputar
white, colourlessputih
whiteputih
inflammationradang
pneumoniaradang paru-paru
radioradio
yeastragi
conscientious, industrious, hard-working, disciplined, diligentrajin
hardworkingrajin
diligentrajin
bookcase, bookshelfrak buku
bookshelfrak buku
friendlyramah
friendlyramah
crowded, full of people, bustling, noisyramai
lots of people / crowded / busyramai
a predictionramalan
hairrambut
rambutan fruit)rambutan
meetingrapat
a meeting, session, gatheringrapat
neat, not messy, carefully done/maderapi
neatrapi
feel, think, tasterasa
a feeling, a sense, a sensation of somethingrasa
feel / feelingrasa
it seems to merasanya
even, flat, levelrata
hundredratus
hundredsratus
great, grandraya
team (indonesian word)regu
colleagues / workmatesrekan
university president, vice-chancellorrektor
relativerelatip
brakesrem
spices, seasoningsrempah
to swimrenang
to plan, planrencana
planrencana
plan / programrencana
lowrendah
a stew of beef chunks cooked until dry in spices and shredded coconutrendang
a receptionistresepsionis
formalresmi
restaurantrestoran
restaurant (r)restoran
this restaurant is crowdedrestoran ini penuh
thousandribu
thousandsribu
thousandsribuan
thousandsribuan
commotion, noisyribut
light (weight)ringan
light (low, less)ringan
a summaryringkasan
researchriset
a biographyriwayat hidup
a skirtrok
skirtrok
mini skirtrok pendek
cigarette, to smokerokok
a cigaretterokok
cigarettesrokok
breadroti
bread, biscuit, cookieroti
breadroti
toast (noun, toasted bread)roti bakar
white breadroti tawar
spendthrift, extravagant (in spending money)royal
sitting room, lounge roomruang keluarga
dining roomruang makan
reception area (in a house)ruang tamu
homerumah
houserumah
houserumah
traditional houserumah adat
our homerumah kami
a boarding houserumah kos
restaurant (rm)rumah makan
hospitalrumah sakit
hospitalrumah sakit
householdrumah tangga
householdrumah tangga
apparentlyrupanya
indonesian rupiahrupiah
rupiah (Indonesia's unit of currency)rupiah
broken, out of order, not working, damagedrusak
break, damagerusak
RussiaRusia
routerute
what is the routerute apa
what's the route to jakartarute apa ke jakarta
what's the best routerute apa terbaik
what's the best route to go to jakartarute apa terbaik pergi ke jakarta
best routerute terbaik
the correct route (route that's true)rute yang benar
bachelor degreeS1
masters degreeS2
PHDS3
a moment, a point in time, a short time, while, duringsaat
momentssaat-saat
patient, tolerantsabar
saturday nightsabtu malam
soapsabun
clothes washing detergentsabun cuci pakaian
bath soapsabun mandi
to be aware, to be conscioussadar
to realize/be awaresadar
valid/legalsah
friend (not teman)sahabat
to eat a pre-dawn meal during the fasting month, to eat an early breakfast during the fasting monthsahur
instead / just / onlysaja
just, onlysaja
only / justsaja
sick, illsakit
sick, painful, hurtsakit
to be offendedsakit hati
to have a heart diseasesakit jantung
mentally disturbedsakit jiwa
to have a headachesakit kepala
to have stomach problemsakit perut
a witnesssaksi
a pocketsaku
mistake, errorsalah
wrong, to be wrongsalah
mistake, errorsalah
PeaceSalam
Warm regards (closing sentence, for friends only)Salam hangat
saladsalat
each othersaling
snowsalju
a beauty salonsalon kecantikan
the same, with, together with (in informal usage), andsama
same, similar (not serupa)sama
with (can mean with eg "kita ke bioskop sama andi" - means the same as dengan in this context)sama
equals (in mathematical, calculations/formulae)sama dengan
absolutely, at all, completely, totally (in negative expressions)sama sekali
absolutely don’t likesama sekali tidak suka
you're welcomesama-sama
chili-based side dish, chili pastesambal
while (one person performing two actions at the same time)sambil
while (concurrent activities)sambil
to greet someonesambut
rubbish, trashsampah
until, up tosampai
until (a certain time) as far as (a certain place)sampai
until / arrivesampai
see you tomorrow / until tomorrowsampai besok
to arrive in/at (a place), to reach (a destination)sampai di + name of places
Until we meet againSampai jumpa lagi
Good bye (see you)Sampai Ketemu
See you laterSampai nanti
so farsampai sekarang
chamapgnesampanye
pacific oceansamudra pasifik
off you gosana
over theresana
sandalssandal
flip flops, thongssandal jepit
very, extremelysangat
verysangat
to be able tosanggup
relaxsantai
relaxsantai
polite address, a greetingsapa
cattle, cow, farm oxsapi
cow / cattlesapi
a broom (to sweep floor)sapu
handkerchiefssapu tangan
suggestion, advicesaran
nestsarang
breakfast, to have breakfastsarapan
breakfastsarapan
a mouth ulcersariawan
university graduatesarjana
Bachelor of Artssarjana muda
a sarongsarung
literaturesastra
kebabs, satay (meat roasted on skewers)satai
satay (grilled meat on a stick)sate
onesatu
onesatu
onesatu
just one or two, just a few, a couplesatu dua
one moresatu lagi
one more week (one week again)satu minggu lagi
the only onesatu-satunya
a brother/sister, a sibling, a relativesaudara
you, Mr, Mrs, Ms, (formal and egalitarian)Saudara
paddy fieldsawah
palm oilsawit
brown complexionsawo matang
I/Mesaya
I, mesaya
I / Mesaya
I will have dinner tonightsaya akan makan malam malam ini
I will eat nowsaya akan makan sekarang
I will visitsaya akan mengunjungi
I'm going to go straight aheadsaya akan pergi lurus ke depan
I bought two drinkssaya beli dua minuman
I bought noodlessaya beli mi
I bought a terrific hatsaya beli topi hebat
I am of the opinion that ...saya berpendapat bahwa
i can speak more slowlysaya bisa bicara lebih pelan
I am not Indonesiansaya bukan orang Indonesia
I wish to ...saya ingin
me toosaya juga
I thought (that... )saya kira
I thinksaya kira
I don’t really like ...saya kurang suka
I am not interested in..saya kurang tertarik pada
I am (continuing to be) angrysaya lagi marah
I am (continuing to be) annoyed; I am annoyed at the momentsaya lagi sebal
I prefer … to …saya lebih suka ... daripada
I forgotsaya lupa
I ate spicy noodlessaya makan mi pedas
I wantsaya mau
I want to ...saya mau
i want to buy somethingsaya mau beli sesuatu
i want to eat toosaya mau makan juga
I want to eat somethingsaya mau makan sesuatu
I want to invitesaya mau mengundang
i want to drink tea nowsaya mau minum teh sekarang
I want to go to the toiletsaya mau pergi ke kamar kecil
i would like to do somethingsaya mau rencana sesuatu
i really want tosaya mau sekali
I love ...saya mencintai
I admire ...saya mengagumi
I understand indonesian a littlesaya mengerti bahasa indonesia sedikit
I understand englishsaya mengerti bahasa inggris
I suggest we ...saya menyarankan kita
I want to ask permission to ...saya minta izin untuk
I ask for forgivenesssaya minta maaf
I am american, what about you? (to a woman)saya orang america kalau ibu?
I am americansaya orang amerika
I am an AmericanSaya orang Amerika
I think ...saya pikir
I think that ...saya pikir bahwa
I have thirteen thousand rupiahsaya punya tiga belas ribu rupiah
I think sosaya rasa begitu
I'm sicksaya sakit
I agreesaya setuju
I like ...saya suka
I like this hotelsaya suka hotel ini
I knowsaya tahu
i can'tsaya tidak bisa
I don't understandsaya tidak mengerti
I don’t/ don’t quite understandsaya tidak mengerti
I don't understand englishsaya tidak mengerti bahasa inggris
i don't have (any)saya tidak punya
I don't have anythingsaya tidak punya apa-apa
i don't have rupiahsaya tidak punya uang rupiah
I disagree withsaya tidak setuju dengan
I don’t like ...saya tidak suka
I don't like beersaya tidak suka bir
I don't knowsaya tidak tahu
I don't know what it meanssaya tidak tahu artinya apa
I livesaya tinggal
I live in JakartaSaya tinggal di Jakarta
pity (darling)sayang
to love someonesayang
that's a shame / what a pity (pity very)sayang sekali
vegetablesayur
vegetables, a variety of vegetables, all sorts of vegetablessayur-sayuran
a vegetable, vegetablessayuran
primary school (yrs 1-6, slang for sekolah dasar)SD
a, one (prefix as in seratus)se-
what if, supposing, supposing that..., in the event that...seandainya
if (hypothetically)seandainya
were (hypothetical past tense. no english word for it but were is close)seandainya
to causesebab
assebagai
as; like; similar tosebagai
Partly Cloudysebagian berawan
mostsebagian besar
most of thesebagian besar
a few, a small number ofsebagian kecil
as well assebaik
as well as possiblesebaik-baiknya
preferably, it would be good if..., it would be better to..., shouldsebaiknya
It would be better if we ...sebaiknya kalau kita
to be annoyedsebal
elevensebelas
elevensebelas
elevensebelas
before (in time)sebelum
before (a certain time/event)sebelum
beforesebelum
Before that ...Sebelum itu
actually, as a matter of factsebenarnya
actuallysebenarnya
actually...sebenarnya
a short time, a momentsebentar
in a momentsebentar
actually, to be honest, as a matter of factsebetulnya
a, onesebuah
method, manner, waysecara
in generalsecara umum
as soon as possiblesecepat-cepatnya
in the process of...sedang
is/am/are + VERB + ingsedang
medium (of size)sedang (size)
what are (you) doing?, what is (he/she) doing?sedang apa?
whereassedangkan
simplesederhana
simplesederhana
sad, to feel sadnesssedih
sadsedih
a littlesedikit
a little, a fewsedikit
a little bitsedikit
just a littlesedikit sedikit saja
sucksedot
international, throughout the worldsedunia
a (group classifier for animals)seekor
each and everything, the whole kit and kaboodlesegala
everything, all the components or itemssegala-galanya
disinclined, reticientsegan
freshsegar
immediately, promptlysegera
all dayseharian
should, ought toseharusnya
shouldseharusnya
healthysehat
healthysehat
so thatsehingga
so thatsehingga
so that (incidental, accidental)sehingga
balancedseimbang
sincesejak
sincesejak
since whensejak kapan
since this morningsejak pagi ini
historysejarah
historysejarah
as far as possiblesejauh-jauhnya
coolsejuk
cool, chillysejuk
fresh, coolsejuk
very / reallysekali
verysekali
very (after the word), also means "once"sekali
once more, once againsekali lagi
once a weeksekali seminggu
one a week on..sekali seminggu pada
to share one roomsekamar
nowsekarang
nowsekarang
nowsekarang
around, all aroundsekeliling
the whole familysekeluarga
that's allsekian
aroundsekitar
about, aroundsekitar
schoolsekolah
schoolsekolah
a primary school, an elementary schoolsekolah dasar
primary school / elementary schoolsekolah dasar (sd)
high school, secondary schoolsekolah menengah
high schoolSekolah Menengah Atas (SMA)
middle schoolSekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP)
a senior technical high, schoolSekolah Teknik Atas
a secretarysekretaris
sex (general subject of sex)seks
a sectionseksi
while, during, when (longer period of time than sementara)selagi
apart from, in addition toselain
alwaysselalu
alwaysselalu
alwaysselalu
always crowdedselalu penuh
divingselam
for (time) / as long asselama
for (a certain period of time)selama
for (time period)selama
for three daysselama tiga hari
safe (from trouble), Also: Congratulations!selamat
safe (good)selamat
welcomeselamat datang
Goodbye (to person leaving)Selamat jalan
good eveningselamat malam
Good nightselamat malam
good morningselamat pagi
Good morningselamat pagi
good afternoonselamat siang
Good dayselamat siang
Good afternoonselamat sore
New ZealandSelandia Baru
New ZealandSelandia Baru
hoseselang
straitselat
south, southernselatan
southselatan
scarfselendang
taste, appetiteselera
taste, appetiteselera
finished, completed (doing or making something), overselesai
to finishselesai
finishedselesai
blanketselimut
slippersselop
the entire, the wholeseluruh
entire / whole / allseluruh
entireseluruh
increasingly, more and moresemakin
watermelonsemangka
ninesembilan
ninesembilan
nineteensembilan belas
cured, recoveredsembuh
to get better, recoversembuh
while (at the same time)sementara
while, meanwhile (contrastive, shorter period of time than selagi)sementara
hopefullysemoga
good luck (most common)semoga berhasil
good luck (sukses)semoga sukses
had the chancesempat
perfect, impeccable, flawlesssempurna
all, all of them, everyone, everybodysemua
all / everyone / everythingsemua
everyonesemua orang
all / everyone / everythingsemuanya
happysenang
happy, enjoying yourself, to like something, to like doing somethingsenang
happy (temporary momentary happiness eg happy with a gift)senang
how you enjoy (using nya)senangnya
alone, selfsendiri
self, by oneself (without help from anyone), alonesendiri
oneselfsendiri
selfsendiri
alone, on your own (i.e. without a companion)sendirian
spoonsendok
table spoonsendok makan
corrugated ironseng
roof sheeting, zincseng
intentional, purposeful, deliberatesengaja
misery, tormentsengsara
artseni
an artistseniman
weaponsenjata
smilesenyum
as ifseolah-olah
a, one, one personseorang
football, soccersepak bola
for the length of, duringsepanjang
as long as, alongsepanjang
shoesepatu
shoessepatu
shoesepatu
high heels (shoes)sepatu hak tinggi
bicyclesepeda
bicyclesepeda
motorbikesepeda motor
to be of the same opinionsependapat
a quarterseperempat
quarter to or quarter past theseperempat
like (i.e. resembling)seperti
like (similar) / asseperti
quiet, lonely, desertedsepi
quiet (base word)sepi
SeptemberSeptember
tensepuluh
tensepuluh
tensepuluh
ten thousand rupiahsepuluh ribu rupiah
cousinsepupu
surrender, give upserah
an attackserangan
heart attackserangan jantung
insectserangga
one hundredseratus
one hundredseratus
one thousandseribu
one thousand, a thousandseribu
one thousand five hundredseribu lima ratus
wolfserigala
oftensering
oftensering
along with, as well asserta
as well asserta
to live in one houseserumah
similar, alike, identical (not sama)serupa
a certain person, someoneseseorang
according to, suitable, appropriatesesuai
somethingsesuatu
somethingsesuatu
somethingsesuatu
after (in time)sesudah
after (doing something), after (a certain time)sesudah
after (time)sesudah
After that ...Sesudah itu
as knownsetahu
after (a more formal variant of sesudah)setelah
aftersetelah
half an hoursetenga jam
a halfsetengah
half, half before the next hoursetengah
half-timesetengah waktu
loyal, faithfulsetia
loyalsetia
each, everysetiap
each / everysetiap
each / everysetiap
everysetiap
every daysetiap hari
every Saturdaysetiap hari Sabtu
each weeksetiap minggu
steering wheelsetir
to depositsetor
depositsetoran
to agreesetuju
agreesetuju
to be of the same ageseumur
to rentsewa
prayersholat
article before the name of a person "the"si
the - definite article determiner. Only for people, animals. Put before people's names when talking about them in 3rd person eg di mana si Tina?si
misfortune / unluckysial
an expression like the English 'Damn!'sialan
cursing somethingsialan
afternoonsiang
late morning to mid afternoonsiang
midday (11 to 3)siang
readysiap
readysiap
to get readysiap-siap
whosiapa
whosiapa
Who is he/she?Siapa dia?
Who is this?Siapa ini?
Who is that?Siapa itu?
What is your name?Siapa nama Anda?
What is his/her name?Siapa nama dia?
What is your mother’s name ?Siapa nama ibu kamu?
anyone (saja)siapa saja
anyone (pun)siapapun
busysibuk
busysibuk
a quality, a characteristic, a featuresifat
[a slangy particle that adds emphasis and colour to a question]sih
sih is an interjection discourse particle (DP). It is used to add emphasis to the question or statement, expressing curiosity or assertiveness: mau apa sih? (“what do you want?”); ada apa sih? (“what’s going on?”)sih
magic, sorcerysihir
someone's attitudesikap
brushsikat
torture, tormentsiksa
please (invite to do something)silahkan
Please go to..silahkan ke
please (go ahead and...)silakan
Please doSilakan
siliconesilikon
driver's license (acronym)SIM
to keep, storesimpan
intersectionsimpang
to store, keep, save (alternate of simpan)simpen
lionsinga
SingaporeSingapura
Singapore (lit. lion temple)singapura
to drop by, to make a short stop/visit, to call in (at a place)singgah
to stop over, stop by, drop by, stop-over, in transitsinggah
(informal) fine, acceptable. nice, greatsip
civil (i.e. not military)sipil
small and narrow, chinky of eyessipit
to put asidesisih
a combsisir
combsisir
systemsistem
systemsistem
school studentsiswa
school studentsiswa
a thesisskripsi
junior high schoolsmp
middle school (yrs 7-9, slang for sekolah menengah pertama)SMP
about (informal)soal
(informal) the thing is, becausesoalnya
(informal) the thing is, becausesoalnya
smart ass, know it allsok pintar
pretending to know everythingsok tau
prayersolat
arrogantsombong
over there (javanese for sana but used in jakarta)sono
soupsop
politesopan
polite, courteoussopan
driversopir
a driversopir
taxi driversopir taksi
mid afternoon to early eveningsore
afternoon (late afternoon 3PM to 6PM)sore
sociologysosiologi
Spainspanyol
a stationstasiun
motor vehicle registration certificate (acronym)STNK
the study (of something), studies (in a certain fieldstudi
development studiesstudi pembangunan
husbandsuami
husbandsuami
husbandsuami
my husbandsuami saya
my husband wants to drink winesuami saya mau minum anggur
a voice, a soundsuara
the atmosphere (of a place)suasana
atmosphere, ambiencesuasana
a, onesuatu
a for abstract thingssuatu
an experiencesuatu pengalaman
fertilesubur
sacredsuci
holysuci
alreadysudah
alreadysudah
already / Is that all? / That's all!sudah
how long have/hassudah berapa lama
already saidsudah berkata
to be used tosudah biasa
that's enough, that will dosudah cukup
it's late (already night)sudah malam
has/have eversudah pernah
temperaturesuhu
Temperaturesuhu
temperaturesuhu
likesuka
to likesuka
like (as in "fond" NOT "similar")suka
what else do you like?suka apa lagi?
like a littlesuka sedikit
to really like, to enjoy, to love (doing something)suka sekali
like a lotsuka sekali
how you like to (using nya)sukanya
difficultsukar
volunteersukarela
successsfulsukses
tribe, ethnic groupsuku
ethnic groupsuku
interest ratesuku bunga
trickssulap
difficult, hard to dosulit
difficultsulit
sourcesumber
a riversungai
riversungai
soupsup
chicken soupsup ayam
so thatsupaya
so that, in order tosupaya
so that (intent, purpose, in order to)supaya
letter, documentsurat
a letter (i.e. an item of correspondence)surat
driver's licenseSurat Izin Mengemudi
newspapersurat kabar
newspaper (old fashioned formal term for newspaper)surat kabar
an applicationsurat lamaran
motor vehicle registration certificateSurat Tanda Nomor Kendaraan
to tell, commandsuruh
doing something with difficultysusah-susah
milksusu
milksusu
milksusu
powdered milksusu bubuk
to follow behindsusul
private (i.e. not state-owned)swasta
private (ownership)swasta
obedient (especially obedient to religious laws)taat
a tablet (i.e. a kind of pill)tablet
crashtabrak
savings accounttabungan
just now, earlier (today)tadi
earlier, just now (time)tadi
last nighttadi malam
last nighttadi malam
this morning (spoken later in the day)tadi pagi
earlier this morningtadi pagi
this afternoon (spoken later in the day)tadi siang
earlier this afternoontadi siang
this afternoon (spoken later)tadi sore
endure, put up with, last, hold outtahan
withstanding, hold back, restraintahan
knowtahu
knowtahu
tofu, soya bean curdtahu (noun)
to knowtahu (verb)
yeartahun
yeartahun
New YearTahun Baru
(in) what year?tahun berapa?
next yeartahun depan
next yeartahun depan
this yeartahun ini
last yeartahun yang lalu
no (slang, very short)tak
to chant Allahu Akbar (God is Great) in chorus over and overtakbiran
fate, destinytakdir
won't (tidak akan)takkan
taxitaksi
to be scared, to be afraidtakut
afraid, scaredtakut
ropetali
parktaman
a parktaman
added totambah
plus (in mathematical, calculations)tambah
addition, plus (in mathematics)tambah
a mine (place for digging minerals)tambang
to appear to be, to seemtampak
handsometampan
guest, visitor, customer (i.e. someone, who comes into a shop)tamu
guest / customertamu
soil, land (place)tanah
to plant something, invest (root word)tanam
planttanaman
a signaturetanda tangan
horn (animal)tanduk
hand, armtangan
handtangan
stairstangga
such-and-such a datetanggal
datetanggal
What date is it today ?Tanggal berapa hari ini?
What date where you born ?Tanggal berapa kamu lahir?
what date?tanggal berapa?
overcome, solvetanggulangi
catch / caughttangkap
petrol tank (gas tank)tangki bensin
the (fuel) tanktangkinya
farmer (plants not animals)tani
withouttanpa
withouttanpa
asktanya
ask, ... asked so-and-so (in a, narrative)tanya
to asktanya
ask iftanya kalau
ask metanya saya
buttapi
buttapi
but general sudirman street is heretapi jalan general sudirman di sini
but whentapi kapan
but I understand Indonesiantapi saya mengerti bahasa Indonesia
a dancetari
the cost, the ratetarif
pull (root word for menarik, tertarik)tarik
bagtas
bagtas
system, ordertata
grammar (lit. order of language)tata bahasa
to know (coll)tau
bargainingtawar
to negotiate something, to bargaintawar-menawar
thicktebal
thicktebal
shady (ie shadow)teduh
teateh
teateh
this tea is for youteh ini untuk anda
tea for both of usteh untuk kami berdua
riddle, puzzle, problemteka teki
electrical engineeringteknik elektro
mechanical engineeringteknik mesin
agricultural engineeringteknik pertanian
have already (sudah but neutral)telah
already have (past, very formal, rarely spoken)telah
to swallowtelan
too late, overduetelat
very latetelat sekali
telephonetelepon
a telephonetelepon
telephonetelepon
television set, televisiontelevisi
televisiontelevisi
ear(s)telinga
eggtelur
eggstelur
salty eggstelur asin
boiled eggstelur rebus
friendteman
friendteman
friendteman
my friendteman saya
classmateteman sekelas
best friendteman terbaik
friendsteman-teman
my friendsteman-teman saya
a place, room (i.e. space to put something)tempat
placetempat
where (as a relative pronoun)tempat (relative pronoun)
seattempat duduk
place of worktempat kerja
a place to eat, food courttempat makan
parking lottempat parkir
bedtempat tidur
a place of residencetempat tinggal
soya bean biscuit, tempehtempe
to meet (base word)temu
power / energytenaga
calm, tranquiltenang
quiet / serene / calmtenang
to be quiet, peacefultenang
tent / sheltertenda
middletengah
at midnight, in the middle of the nighttengah malam
south easttenggara
throattenggorokan
tennistenis
about, concerning, relating totentang
abouttentang
a soldier, the army, the armed forcestentara
of coursetentu
certaintentu
of coursetentu saja
of coursetentu saja
exactlytepat
punctual, on timetepat waktu
the edgetepi
to clap (slang - a passive transitive inflection and colloquial contraction of bertepuk tangan)tepukin
prefix meaning "most/ best" for adjectives, or completed for verbster-
last, finalterakhir
the last time I was angry..terakhir kali saya marah
threatenedterancam
clear, brightterang
light (not dark )terang
brightterang
to feel (sensation in your body/heart)terasa
shrimp pasteterasi
bestterbaik
bestterbaik
to flyterbang
flyterbang
flightterbang
limited, restrictedterbatas
be regarded as (amount in words), be calculated, counted, enumerated, calculated, regarded as, considered as, knownterbilang
to emerge, appearterbit
made fromterbuat dari
open, open-mindedterbuka
in a hurryterburu-buru
beloved, darlingtercinta
is to be found at/in/amongterdapat
nearestterdekat
to hang, be suspendedtergantung
to be dependenttergantung
to depend ontergantung pada
bittentergigit
regarding, concerning, againstterhadap
thank youterima kasih
thank youterima kasih
thank youterima kasih
Thank you for ...Terima kasih atas
thank you very muchterima kasih banyak
you're welcometerima kasih kembali
to answer the phone, to take a phone callterima telepon
trampled, stepped onterinjak
steepterjal
to translate, interpret, decipher (base word)terjemah
surprised, startledterkejut
surprisedterkejut
famousterkenal
famousterkenal
to be impressedterkesan
too (too much)terlalu
too (as in too much)terlalu
too (too much)terlalu
too expensiveterlalu mahal
too lateterlambat
late (i.e. not on time)terlambat
located, sitedterletak
locatedterletak
woundedterluka
included in, includingtermasuk
bus terminalterminal bemo
bus terminalterminal bus
livestockternak
so ... after all, it turns out that ... after allternyata
forced to do somethingterpaksa
cut off, truncatedterpotong
beaten, struckterpukul
that - the same as itu but you can't see, point at it. need: noun + tersebuttersebut
to smiletersenyum
to smiletersenyum
it's up to youterserah
it's up to youterserah
offended, hurt (by what someone has said)tersinggung
interested (in)tertarik
interestedtertarik
to laughtertawa
to laughtertawa
fell asleeptertidur
closedtertutup
reefterumbu
coral reefterumbu karang
continue, go ahead, to keep on ___-ing, to continue to...terus
then / continueterus
and then (informal)terus (2)
to be honest, to be quite frank, frankly speakingterus terang
continuously, constantlyterus-terusan
especiallyterutama
neighbortetangga
a neighbourtetangga
neighbourstetangga
neighbourtetangga
still, permanenttetap
always, constanttetap
buttetapi
still / continue (slang from betawi. Also spelt "tetap". Same meaning as masih)tetep
arrivetiba
to arrivetiba
arrive/cometiba
suddenlytiba-tiba
no (verbs and adjectives)tidak
no, not (negating a verb, adjective, or preposition)tidak
no (adjectives and verbs)tidak
nothing, never mind, doesn't mattertidak apa-apa
that's fine, no problem, no worriestidak apa-apa
it doesn't mattertidak apa-apa
nothing, why?tidak apa-apa kenapa
not muchtidak banyak
not very..., not especially, not particularly...tidak begitu
not true / not reallytidak benar
I can’t / it can’t be done!tidak bisa
not allowed to, shouldn't, can't (i.e. not permitted to)tidak boleh
not allowed / it is not permissibletidak boleh
not enoughtidak cukup
not in rupiahtidak di rupiah
it's not heretidak di sini
just as goodtidak kalah
not a burdentidak keberatan
no longer have the strength to carry on, unable to bear it any longertidak kuat
it's not expensivetidak mahal
that’s not possible!tidak mungkin
never (the opposite of 'always')tidak pernah
nevertidak pernah
not as good as, less good (this is the normal way of speaking, not "kurang baik")tidak sebaik
not nowtidak sekarang
not as tall as, less tall (this is the normal way of speaking, not "kurang tinggi")tidak setinggi
don’t liketidak suka
(you) don't need to, don't bothertidak usah
to sleep, to go to bedtidur
sleeptidur
threetiga
threetiga
threetiga
thirteentiga belas
three times a weektiga kali seminggu
thirtytiga puluh
thirty threetiga puluh tiga
typing, tick soundtik
stabbing someonetikam
a tickettiket
mouse / rattikus
a teamtim
team (from english)tim
to appeartimbul
east, easterntimur
easttimur
north easttimur laut
to livetinggal
to live (in a certain place), to staytinggal
stay / livetinggal
livetinggal
tall, hightinggi
tall, hightinggi
talltinggi
hightinggi
behaviourtingkah laku
leveltingkat
leveltingkat
thintipis
dot, pointtitik
shoptoko
shoptoko
book shoptoko buku
book shoptoko buku
cassette shoptoko kaset
jewellery shoptoko mas
clothing shoptoko pakaian
bakerytoko roti
the store/storestokonya
the stores are not open in the morningtokonya tidak buka di pagi hari
the stores are closedtokonya tutup
pleasetolong
please (help me)tolong
please help bytolong
please give me some dollarstolong berikan saya sedikit uang dollar
please explaintolong jelaskan
please fill in this formtolong mengisi formulir ini
please repeattolong ulangi
tomatotomat
a tonic, a tonic drink, a health drinktonikum
watchingtonton
hattopi
a hattopi
hattopi
acronym for "toko serba" meaning: a department storetoserba
traditionaltradisional
to 'treat' someone, to 'shout' someone, to pay for someonetraktir
shout / pay for someonetraktir
tractortraktor
a trucktruk
old / dark (color)tua
oldtua
oldtua
the (human) bodytubuh
the things you have to do (as part of a job), a task, duties, obligationstugas
tasktugas
a duty, tasktugas
that (informal/slangy demonstrative pronoun)tuh
godtuhan
seventujuh
seventujuh
seventujuh
seventeentujuh belas
seventy sixtujuh puluh enam
word used before a job description to indicate a tradetukang
tailortukang jahit
a carpentertukang kayu
carpentertukang kayu
an electriciantukang listrik
cooktukang masak
cheftukang masak
pump attendanttukang pompa
to exchangetukar
a bonetulang
to writetulis
writing, piece of writingtulisan
the item you're writing (concrete noun)tulisan
sinceretulus
fall down (only for trees / plants)tumbang
to growtumbuh
growtumbuh
growth, plant (not tanam)tumbuhan
cashtunai
waittunggu
waittunggu
fireplacetungku perapian
point outtunjuk
to claim, demandtuntut
a touristturis
to come/go down, to descend, to get out (of a vehicle), to disembarkturun
to descend, go downturun
to participateturut serta
spottedtutul
closedtutup
to closetutup
moneyuang
moneyuang
US dollarsuang dollar
pocket moneyuang saku
vapour, steamuap
change / modify somethingubah
pronunciationucapan
to sayucapkan
alreadyudah
already (slang for sudah)udah
already (sudah)udah
prawns / shrimpudang
the airudara
airudara
test, experimentuji
examinationujian
the end (of an object, i.e. the furthermost, extremity of something)ujung
a measureukur
size, measurementukuran
very learned and pious Muslimulama
repeatulangi
snakeular
stone pestle and mortarulekan batu
members (religious community)umat
public, generalumum
public / general (not publik)umum
someone's age, how old someone isumur
ageumur
an act of parliament, law(s) of the landundang-undang
legislation, the constitutionundang-undang
uploadunga
purpleungu
universityuniversitas
universityuniversitas
foruntuk
for, (i.e. intended for someone, or something), (in order) tountuk
for, for the purpose of (doing something)untuk
for thisuntuk ini
for me toountuk saya juga
luckilyuntung
fortuneuntung
ceremonyupacara
ceremonyupacara
an effortupaya
matters requiring attention, affairsurusan
ordered, regular, successive, sequentialurut
attempt, effort, endeavor, initiativeusaha
agricultural enterpriseusaha tani
the intestines, the guts, bowelsusus
north, northernutara
northutara
whole, entireutuh
vacuumvakum
variationvariasi
villavilla
oh! ouch!waduh
wow, ouch (like aduh)waduh
to die (formal expression)wafat
oh! (exclamation of surprise, admiration etc.)wah
revelationwahyu
someone's facewajah
face (not muka)wajah
compulsorywajib
timewaktu
timewaktu
timewaktu
when (past tense, "yesterday when I went..", same as ketika but commonly spoken)waktu
time of youth ("in my younger days.." common expression among elderly)waktu muda
free time, spare time, leisure timewaktu senggang
although; thoughwalaupun
althoughwalaupun
even though, althoughwalaupun
womanwanita
a woman, a ladywanita
citizenwarganegara
colourwarna
colourwarna
news (old fashioned term for news)warta
a journalist, a reporterwartawan
food stall / small restaurant / juice bar / cafewarung
small streetside eaterywarung
food stallwarung
internet cafewarung internet
a washbasin (in a bathroom)wastafel
interviewwawancara
shadow puppet (traditonal indonesian)wayang-kulit
a toilet (room), a toilet bowl, a WCWC
public toiletwc umum
timezone of west indonesia (acronym for waktu indonesia barat)WIB
regionwilayah
region (like daerah)wilayah
touristwisatawan
touristwisatawan
whiskywiski
Yesya
yesya
yesya
yes reallyya benar
yes, I agree!ya, saya setuju
..., right? ...have you? ...do you? ...does he/she? ...okay? (seeking confirmation or approval)ya?
that is (ya itu)yaitu
to feel/be sure (that)yakin
convinced / sureyakin
that / thoseyang
that, which, who (relative pronoun)yang
relative pronoun; that is, who is, which is; "I like 'the one thats' red" = "saya suka yang merah"yang
the (adjective) oneyang + (adjective)
nextyang akan datang
who is good (put before friends name in salutation eg "Yanti yang baik". Only for friends. Like "Dear.. ")yang baik
is that so? really? (that true)yang benar
the big oneyang besar
the one over thereyang di sana
this oneyang ini
that oneyang itu
the ____th (of number)yang ke-
the other oneyang lain
anotheryang lain
any others?yang lain?
that boy is big (grown up)yang laki-laki besar
...ago, last...yang lalu
which one?yang mana
which one?yang mana?
Who is respected (put at the top of formal letters and emails before the person's name eg Yth Ibu Wati, acronym for Yang Terhormat)Yang Terhormat (Yth)
orphanyatim
organisation / foundationyayasan
jesus christyesus kristus
c'mon, let's...yuk
come on, go ahead (same as ayo)yuk
GreeceYunani
religious giving, charityzakat
an age, an erazaman
colouring, pigmentzat warna
pilgrimageziarah
my~ku
your~mu