pintu air

Compound of pintu (“door”) +‎ air (“water”). Compare to Chinese 水門／水门 (“sluice, lock, floodgate”, literally “water door”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪntu ˈaɪr]

pintu air (plural pintu-pintu air)

1. lock: a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels
2. A gate of water mechanism.
   1. a portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel; sluice gate
   2. sluice
      1. a gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated; water gate
      2. an adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice; floodgate

• pintu air
• pintu terbuka

• “pintu air” 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.