mempunyai

Indonesian

Etymology
  • Irregular derivation as punya +‎ mem- -i, or
  • Contraction of me- +‎ empu +‎ -nya +‎ -i.

According to Foong Ha Yap, data from the Malay Concordance Project shows evidence that this verb is a derivative of empunya (“owner, his master”), which comes from empu (“master”) and the third person genitive -nya. In modern Malay, the root word is analyzed as punya, a back-formation from mempunyai or clipping of empunya. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məm.ˈpu.ɲa.i/
  • Hyphenation: mem‧pu‧nya‧i
  • Rhymes: -puɲai, -ɲai, -i

Verb

mempunyai (passive dipunyai)

  1. (transitive) to possess
  2. (transitive) to own
    Saya mempunyai kamus baru.
    I have a new dictionary.

References
  1. Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Hårsta, Janick Wrona (2011 June 29) “Referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions in Malay”, in Nominalization in Asian Languages‎, retrieved 2023-02-11

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of punya +‎ meng- -i.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məmpuɲai/, [məm.pu.ɲa.ʔi]
  • Hyphenation: mem‧pu‧nya‧i

Verb

mempunyai (Jawi spelling ممڤوڽاءي)

  1. Active of punyai (“to have; to own”).
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