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

kembang api

1. firework.

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.