kereta api
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kereta (“car; carriage”) + api (“fire”), from Malay kereta api, probably calque of Chinese 火車/火车 (huǒchē, “train”, literally “fire + car”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kêrèta api
- train, a line of connected railway cars or carriages considered overall as a mode of transport.
Alternative forms
[edit]- KA (initialism)
Affixed terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kereta api” 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.
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kereta (“car; carriage”) + api (“fire; electricity”). Probably from calque of Chinese 火車/火车 (huǒchē, “train”, literally “fire + car”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kəretə api/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kəreta api/
- Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i
Noun
[edit]kereta api (Jawi spelling کريتا اڤي, plural kereta-kereta api, informal 1st possessive kereta apiku, 2nd possessive kereta apimu, 3rd possessive kereta apinya)
- train (line of connected cars or carriages)
- 2009, Siti Zainon Ismail, Bait senandung malam — dari stesan ke stesen, page xi:
- Dengan tiket kereta api menuju ke destinasi pilihan. Berbekal buku untuk menambah ilmu, dengan sedikit barang-barang keperluan, kau memilih jahur kereta api ke selatan.
- With a train ticket going to the chosen destination. You must armed with a book to increase knowledge, with a few required items, you choose the train bound for South.
Synonyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: kereta api
- → Tausug: karita' api
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