datang bulan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound word of datang (“to come”) + bulan (“moon, month”), calque of Chinese 月經／月经 (yuèjīng, “menstruation”, literally “moon; month + pass through”).
Noun edit
datang bulan (first-person possessive datang bulanku, second-person possessive datang bulanmu, third-person possessive datang bulannya)
- menstruation, the periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
- Synonyms: haid, menstruasi
Further reading edit
- “datang bulan” 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.