pramuka

From Javanese pramuka (ꦥꦿꦩꦸꦏ, “leader”), from Old Javanese pramukha (“chief; take a stand against”), from Sanskrit प्रमुख (pramukha, “chief, respectable man, sage”). Reconstructed as pra- +‎ muka.

• Backronym of praja (“servant”) +‎ muda (“young”) +‎ कारण (kāraṇa) (“action”).

• IPA^(key): [praˈmuka]
• Hyphenation: pra‧mu‧ka

pramuka (first-person possessive pramukaku, second-person possessive pramukamu, third-person possessive pramukanya)

1. (scouting) scouting:

   Synonyms: kepanduan, kepramukaan

   1. the Scout Movement

      Synonym: gerakan kepanduan

   2. the activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.
2. (scouting) scout: a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.

• “pramuka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

pramuka

1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦩꦸꦏ.