pekerja rumah tangga
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of pekerja (“worker”) + rumah tangga (“household”), after pembantu rumah tangga. Probably influenced by English domestic worker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.kər.ˈd͡ʒa ˈru.mah ˈtaŋ.ɡa/
Noun
pekerja rumah tangga (plural pekerja-pekerja rumah tangga)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “pekerja rumah tangga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016