gempa bumi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gempa bumi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəmˌpa ˈbumi/ [ɡəmˌpa ˈbu.mi]

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• Rhymes: -umi
• Syllabification: gem‧pa bu‧mi

Noun

gempa bumi (plural gempa-gempa bumi)

1. earthquake

   Synonyms: gempa, lindu

Further reading

• “gempa bumi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From gempa (“tremor; quake”) +‎ bumi (“earth”) from Sanskrit भूमिकम्प (bhūmikampa, “earthquake”) with further influence of English earthquake from भूमि (bhūmi, “earth”) +‎ कम्प (kampa, “quake”) (compare with Hindi भूकंप (bhūkamp, “earthquake”), Marathi भूकंप (bhūkampa, “earthquake”)), also reanalysable as gempa (“tremor”) +‎ bumi (“earth”). Displaced lindu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəmˌpa ˈbumi/ [ɡəmˌpa ˈbu.mi]

Noun

gempa bumi (Jawi spelling ݢمڤا بومي, plural gempa-gempa bumi or gempa² bumi)

1. earthquake

   Synonym: lindu

Descendants

• Indonesian: gempa bumi

Further reading

• "gempa bumi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017