kencan buta

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kencan (“date”) +‎ buta (“blind”), calque of English blind date.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈt͡ʃan ˈbuta/

Noun

kencan buta (first-person possessive kencan butaku, second-person possessive kencan butamu, third-person possessive kencan butanya)

1. blind date: a date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.

Further reading

• “kencan buta” 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.