Indonesian–English dictionary

tukang ledeng

(dated) One who works in or with lead.

tukang listrik

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

tukang pipa

(dated) One who works in or with lead.

tukang roti

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

tukang sihir

A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments.

tukang sulap

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

tukar

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

tulang cenak

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

tulang dada

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

tulang ekor

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

tulang kering

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

tulang landasan

A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

tulang paha

(skeleton) The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.

tulang pinggang

(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.

tulang rawan

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

tulang selangka

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

tulang sulbi

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

tulang tongkeng

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

tulen

Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native

tuli

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

tuli nada

Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.

tulis

(transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.

tulisan

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

tulisan sambung

(countable) A manuscript written in cursive characters.

tulus hati

Meant truly or earnestly.

tumbang

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

tumbuh akar

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

tumbuh-tumbuhan

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

tumenggung

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

tumis

A dish prepared this way.

tumisan

A dish prepared this way.

tumit

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

tumit kaki

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

tumpak

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

tumpang tindih

(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

tumpul

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

tuna rungu

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

tuna wisma

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

tunaaksara

Unable to read and write.

tunangan

A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.

tunas

A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

tunawisma

A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.

tunda

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

tungau

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

tunggal

Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.

tungkai

In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

tungkai bawah

(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

tungku

(dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

Tunis

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.

Tunisia

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956.

tunjangan

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.

tupai

An shrew-like insectivorous mammal of the order Scandentia

turangga

Of a brownish grey colour.

turap

The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.

turapan

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

turbin

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

turbulens

(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.

turbulensi

(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.

turis

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Turki

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.

turun

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

turun pangkat

(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

turun takhta

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

turunan

(mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.

tusam

(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

tustel

(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

tusuk gigi

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

tusuk jarum

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

tusuk kontak

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

tusukan

A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.

tuts

In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.

tutup

(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

tutup parit

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

tutupan selokan

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

tutur

(linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system. [from 20th c.]

TV kabel

(TV) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.

uang

A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).

uang kembalian

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

uang lembur

(uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.

uap

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

ubah

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

ubah suai

The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]

ubur-ubur

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

ucapan

(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

udang

(Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.

udang geragau

Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

udara

(historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

udik

(pejorative, slang) A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.) [from the 20th c.]

udon

A Japanese wheat noodle.

ufuk

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

Uganda

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

uji coba

(legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).

uji darah

(medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.

ujian

(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

ujung

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

UKM

Initialism of small to medium business.

Ukraina

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

Ukrainia

The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.

ukulele

A small four-stringed guitar.

ukur

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

ukuran

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]

Ulan Bator

The capital city of Mongolia.

ulang tahun

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

Ulangan

The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

ular

(now, literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

ulasan

A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

ulat

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

ulat bulu

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

ulet

(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.

ulkus

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

ultima

(not comparable, of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.

ultimatum

(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.

ultramarin

Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

ultrasonik

(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

umami

One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

umbi

A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.

umbi lapis

The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

umpan

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

umpan balik

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

umpatan

(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

umumnya

Without reference to specific details.

umur

(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

undang-undang

(law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.

underscore

A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.

undi

(intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.

unduh

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

unduhan

A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

unggas

The meat from a domestic fowl.

unggul

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

unggulan

displayed with special treatment

ungkapan

A particular way of phrasing an idea.

uni

(uncountable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

unilateral

Done by one side only.

universal

Of or pertaining to the universe.

universitas

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

universitet

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

unjuk kerja

That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.

unjuk rasa

A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

unta

A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.

untai

(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.

untuk

Directed at; intended to belong to.

untuk membebaskan

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

untung

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

untungnya

It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.

upacara

A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.

upaya

The action of trying at something. [1530]

upeti

A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

upil

(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

ups

(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.

urai sendi

The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.