telepon seluler
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English cellular telephone as telepon + seluler.
Noun
[edit]telepon seluler (first-person possessive telepon selulerku, second-person possessive telepon selulermu, third-person possessive telepon selulernya)
- mobile phone.
- Synonym: telepon genggam
Usage notes
[edit]The word is commonly clipped into ponsel.
Further reading
[edit]- “telepon seluler” 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.