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All Indonesian words, A–Z

pemandu
Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
pemanfaatan
The act of using something.
pemangkas
A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
pemangsa
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
pemangsaan
(zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
pemanis
Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
pemantauan
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
pemantik
A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
pemarah
Dissatisfied and irritable.
pemarinadean
(ergative) To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
pemasang
(computing) A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.
pemasukan
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
pematung
A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
pembabat
One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
pembaca
A person who reads a publication.
pembagian
Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
pembajakan
The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
pembakar
One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
pembakaran
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
pembakaran disengaja
The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
pembalasan
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
pembanding
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
pembangkit
Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
pembangkit listrik
Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
pembangun
One who builds or constructs things.
pembangunan
(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
pembantaian
Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
pembantu
A person who assists or helps someone else.
pembaruan
An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known.
pembatalan
The act of abrogating.
pembatas jalan
Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
pembatasan
The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
pembawa acara
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
pembawa berita
(broadcasting, journalism) One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.
pembayar
One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
pembayar pajak
A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax.
pembayaran
(uncountable) The act of paying.
pembebasan
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
pembeberan
(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.
pembedahan
(countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
pembedahan usus buntu
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
pembela
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent [from 18th c.]
pembelaan
The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
pembelah kayu
A person who cuts wood.
pembeli
A person who makes one or more purchases.
pembelian
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
pembelokan
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
pembelot
One who defects.
pembelotan
An act or incidence of defecting.
pembentukan
The act of assembling a group or structure. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
pembentukan kata yg meniru suara
(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
pemberat
An object used to make something heavier.
pemberdayaan
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
pemberhentian sementara
The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
pemberi
One who gives; a donor or contributor.
pemberi kerja
A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
pemberitahuan
A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
pemberkeberatan
A person who objects to something.
pemberontak
A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
pemberontakan
(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
pembiakan
The multiplication or natural increase in a population.
pembiasan
(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
pembicara
One who makes a speech to an audience.
pembimbing
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
pembimbingan
An arrangement by which one person mentors another.
pembirih
(military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
pembisikan
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
pembohong
A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.
pembolos
One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
pembongkaran
The act by which something is unloaded.
pemborong
A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
pemborosan kata
(uncountable, rhetoric) Redundancy in wording.
pembuahan
The act or process of rendering fertile.
pembual
Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
pembuangan
The act of banishing.
pembuatan keputusan
The process of reaching a decision.
pembubaran
The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
pembujuk rayu
A smooth-talking person.
pembukuan
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
pembuluh balik
(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
pembuluh darah
(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
pembuluh nadi
(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
pembunuh
(countable) A person who kills another.
pembunuh diri
(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.
pembunuhan
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
pembunyi bip
Something that makes a beeping sound.
pemecatan
Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
pemegang jabatan
A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office.
pemegang saham
One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
pemekaran
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
pemekerja
A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
pemeliharaan
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
pemenang
Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
pemengaruh
(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.
pemenggalan
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
pemenggalan kepala
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
pementoran
An arrangement by which one person mentors another.
pemeragaan
The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
pemeran
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]
pemeran utama
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
pemerasan
The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.
pemeriksaan
An inspection or examination.
pemerintah
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
pemerintahan
The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
pemfusian
The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
pemicu
An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
pemidanaan
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
pemikir
One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.
pemikiran kritis
The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.
pemilih
(politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
pemilihan
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
pemilik
One who owns something.
pemilik kepentingan
(business) A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.
pemindai
A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]
pemindaian
(computing) An instance of scanning.
pemintakatan
(legal) Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
peminuman
An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
pemisahan kekuasaan
A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.
pemodelan
(mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
pemodifikasian
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
pemogokan
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
pemotivasi
One who motivates or inspires others.
pemotong
A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
pemotong rumput
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.
pemrakarsa
One who initiates.
pemrofilan
The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
pemrogram
(computing) One who writes computer programs.
pemrograman
(computing) The act of writing a computer program.
pemuda
(countable) A young person.
pemukim
Someone or thing who lives in a place.
pemuliaan
Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
pemungutan suara
A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
pemupukan
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
pemurnian
The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
pemusatan
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole
pemusik
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.
pemusing
By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)
pemutar
(computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
pemutih
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
pemutusan
The process of reaching a decision.
pen
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
pena
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
penabalan
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
penahanan
(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
penahbisan
The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
penaik
Someone or something which rises.
penakut
(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
penakut burung
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]
penambahan
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
penambatan
(Internet) The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.

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