toko buku

Indonesian

Etymology

toko (“shop; store”) +‎ buku (“book”) Calque of Dutch boekwinkel (“bookshop; bookstore”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌto.ko ˈbu.ku/, [ˌt̪o.ko ˈbu.ku]

Noun

toko buku (first-person possessive toko bukuku, second-person possessive toko bukumu, third-person possessive toko bukunya)

1. bookstore, bookshop

Synonyms

• kedai buku (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “toko buku” 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.