kuda nil
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of kuda (“horse”) + nil (“Nile river”), calque of Dutch nijlpaard.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuda nil (plural kuda-kuda nil, first-person possessive kuda nilku, second-person possessive kuda nilmu, third-person possessive kuda nilnya)
- hippopotamus
- Synonym: badak air
- 1988, Ensiklopedi Indonesia. Seri fauna: Serangga, page 421:
- Kuda nil agak berisik dan senantiasa memperdengarkan suara menggeram yang terutama menyebar jauh di atas air.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “kuda nil” 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.