salah guna
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of salah (“mis-”) + guna (“use”), calque of Dutch misbruik (“abuse”, literally “misuse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsalah ˈɡuna]
Root
- (law) base form of penyalahgunaan (“abuse”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “salah guna”, 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