pengawal

Affixed kawal +‎ peng-, inherited from Malay pengawal.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈŋawal/ [pəˈŋa.wal]
• Rhymes: -awal
• Syllabification: pe‧nga‧wal

pengawal (plural pengawal-pengawal)

1. guard, sentry, sentinel, watchman.
2. bodyguard
3. chaperon, chaperone.
4. escort
5. safeguard.

• “pengawal”, 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

peng- +‎ kawal.

pengawal (plural pengawal-pengawal)

1. guard, protector (an entity that protects something)

• > Indonesian: pengawal (inherited)

• “pengawal”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017