kompeni

Borrowed from English company.

• IPA^(key): /kompəni/

kompeni

1. company

• companie (1901–1947)
• kompanie (1901–1947)
• Kompeni (chiefly for proper noun senses)

Borrowed from Dutch compagnie (“company”), from Old French compaignie, from compain + -ie or alternatively from compagne, from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō. Doublet of kompi.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kompəˈni/ [kom.pəˈni]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: kom‧pe‧ni

kompeni (historical)

1. The Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”).
2. (by extension) The Dutch East Indies colonial government, formed after dissolution of the aforementioned in 1800.

kompêni (plural kompeni-kompeni)

1. (chiefly historical, by extension) A military company (sub-division of a battalion), typically referring to those under the Dutch East India Company

   Hypernym: kompi

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kompeni.

• “kompeni”, 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

From English company, from Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania.

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [kam.pə.ni]
• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): [kom.pə.ni]
• Rhymes: -ni, -i
• Hyphenation: kom‧pe‧ni

kompeni (Jawi spelling کومڤني, plural kompeni-kompeni or kompeni²)

1. A company:
   1. (informal) A corporation or a legal business entity.

      Synonyms: syarikat, koperasi

   2. (historical) The East India Company or the Dutch East India Company.

      Synonym: syarikat

   3. (informal) The government.

      Synonyms: kerajaan, pemerintah, gomen (slang)

   4. (military) A body of soldiers that is part of a battalion and consists of less than a 100 units and is usually split into three platoons.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kompeni.

• "kompeni" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017