rumah sakit
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- rumkit (acronym)
- RS (abbreviation)
Etymology edit
Compound of rumah (“house”) + sakit (“sick”), calque of Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”, literally “sick house”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rumah sakit (plural rumah-rumah sakit, first-person possessive rumah sakitku, second-person possessive rumah sakitmu, third-person possessive rumah sakitnya)
- (healthcare) hospital (medical care facility)
Affixed terms edit
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “rumah sakit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
rumah (“house”) + sakit (“sick, pain”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /rumah saket/
- (Baku) IPA(key): /rumah sakɪt/
- Rhymes: -aket, -ket, -et
Noun edit
rumah sakit (Jawi spelling رومه ساکيت, plural rumah-rumah sakit, informal 1st possessive rumah sakitku, 2nd possessive rumah sakitmu, 3rd possessive rumah sakitnya)
Synonyms edit
- hospital (outside of Indonesia)