menghemat

Indonesian

Etymology

From meng- +‎ hemat. Attested before 1930.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məŋˈhemat/ [məŋˈhe.mat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -emat
• Syllabification: meng‧he‧mat

Verb

mênghemat

1. (transitive) to economize or avoid waste; to save

   Synonym: mengirit

Related terms

• berhemat
• hemat
• kehematan
• penghemat
• penghematan

Further reading

• “menghemat”, 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