peng- -an

Affix peng- and -an, from Malay peng- -an.

• IPA^(key): /pəŋ an/

peng- -an

1. the action expressed by the transitive verb [base]

   ‎terjemah (“to translate”) → ‎penerjemahan (“translation (process)”)

   ‎tulis (“to write”) → ‎penulisan (“writing”)

   ‎serah (“to hand over”) → ‎penyerahan (“surrendering”)

2. the object of an action [base]

   ‎tahu (“to know”) → ‎pengetahuan (“knowledge”)

   ‎temu (“to meet, to encounter”) → ‎penemuan (“discovery”)

3. the place of an action [base]

   ‎bakar (“to burn”) → ‎pembakaran (“burning place”)

   ‎cuci (“to wash”) → ‎pencucian (“laundry”)

   ‎giling (“to roll”) → ‎penggilingan (“mill”)

• Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (2017) Tata Bahasa Baku Bahasa Indonesia [Standard Grammar of Indonesian Language]‎ (in Indonesian), 4 edition, Jakarta: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN
• James N. Sneddon (2010) Indonesian : a comprehensive grammar, 2 edition, London: Roultedge, →ISBN, →OCLC