kembang api
Indonesian
Etymology
- Calque from Chinese 花火 (“fireworks”, literally “flower fire”) or Calque of Japanese 花火 (はなび, hanabi, “fireworks”, literally “flower fire”).
- From kembang (“flower”) + api (“fire”).
Noun
Further reading
- “kembang 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.