Where does “pegawai tidak tetap” come from?

pegawai tidak tetap (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pegawai, from Malay pegawai, from Malay pe- — Alternative form of peng-.

pegawai tidak tetap (Indonesian): temporary worker

Definitions

  1. temporary worker

Ancestry of “pegawai tidak tetap”, step by step

pegawai tidak tetap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pegawai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpegawaiemployee
2Malaypegawaiofficer; official
3Malaype-Alternative form of peng-

via Indonesian tidak tetap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantidak tetap—
Every word from Malay pe- →Every word from Malay pegawai →Every word from Indonesian pegawai →