rumah makan
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of rumah (“house”) + makan (“eat”), literally “eating house”. Compare to Chinese 飯館／饭馆 (“restaurant”, literally “food/cuisine + house”) or Dutch eethuis (“diner, restaurant”, literally “eat house”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- restaurant, an eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
- Synonym: restoran
Further reading[edit]
- “rumah makan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.