rumah tahanan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of rumah (“house”) +‎ tahanan (“prison, inmate”). Compare with Japanese 牢屋 (“prison”, literally “prison house”) or 獄屋 (“prison”, literally “prison house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrumah taˈhanan]

Noun

rumah tahanan (first-person possessive rumah tahananku, second-person possessive rumah tahananmu, third-person possessive rumah tahanannya)

1. (law) detention center or centre; prison.

   Hypernym: penjara

Further reading

• “rumah tahanan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.