kereta api bawah tanah
Indonesian
Etymology
Etymology tree
Malay kereta api
Indonesian kereta api
Middle English undergrounde
Indonesian bawah tanah
Indonesian kereta api bawah tanah
Compound of kereta api (“train”) + bawah tanah (“underground”), probably calque from Chinese 地下鐵路/地下铁路 or Japanese 地下鉄道 (chikatetsudō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəˈrɛt̪a ˈapi ˈbawah ˈtanah]
Noun
kereta api bawah tanah (plural kereta-kereta api bawah tanah)
Further reading
- “kereta api bawah tanah” 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.