kapal selam
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of kapal (“ship”) + selam (“to dive”), calque of Dutch duikboot.
Noun[edit]
kapal selam (first-person possessive kapal selamku, second-person possessive kapal selammu, third-person possessive kapal selamnya)
- submarine: a boat that can go underwater.
Further reading[edit]
- “kapal selam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.