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Bakin (Badan Koordinasi Intelijen) - Indonesian Intelligence Coordination body, renamed BIN (Indonesian State Intelligence Agency - Badan Intelijen Negara).. Bakom PKB (Badan Komunikasi Penghayatan Kesatuan Bangsa) - an ethnic Chinese organization, led by Major Sindhunata.
The study of Indonesian etymology and loan words reflects its historical and social context. Examples include the early Sanskrit borrowings, probably during the Srivijaya period, the borrowings from Arabic and Persian, especially during the time of the establishment of Islam, and words borrowed from Dutch during the colonial period.
The Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI ; lit. ' Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language ' ) is the official dictionary of the Indonesian language compiled by Language Development and Fostering Agency and published by Balai Pustaka .
Although Hinduism and Buddhism are no longer the major religions of Indonesia, Sanskrit, the language vehicle for these religions, is still held in high esteem, and its status is comparable with that of Latin in English and other Western European languages.
The following is a partial list of English words of Indonesian origin.The loanwords in this list may be borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from the Indonesian language.
Indonesian slang vernacular (Indonesian: bahasa gaul, Betawi: basa gaul), or Jakarta colloquial speech (Indonesian: bahasa informal, bahasa sehari-hari) is a term that subsumes various urban vernacular and non-standard styles of expression used throughout Indonesia that are not necessarily mutually intelligible.
Meaning Dutch Word Dutch Meaning Note Ref cako (dated) headgear cokelat: chocolate: chocolade: chocolate: cultuurstelsel: cultivation system: cultuurstelsel: cultivation system: The Cultivation System was a Dutch government policy in the mid-19th century for its Dutch East Indies colony (now Indonesia). curatele: guardianship: curatele ...
Meaning Chinese Character (Traditional) Chinese Character Chinese Variant Chinese Transliteration Chinese Meaning Note Ref ebi: dried prawns, shrimps: 蝦米: 虾米: Min Nan: hê-bí hêe-bí: dried prawns, shrimps: see also ebi in Japanese: empek: 1. a kind of fishcake from Palembang, Indonesia , 2. father: 阿伯: 阿伯: Min Nan: a-peh