ilmu pisah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of ilmu (“science”) +‎ pisah (“to separate”), calque of Dutch scheikunde (“chemistry”, literally “knowledge to separate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈilmu ˈpisah]
• Hyphenation: il‧mu‧pi‧sah

Noun

ilmu pisah (first-person possessive ilmu pisahku, second-person possessive ilmu pisahmu, third-person possessive ilmu pisahnya)

1. (dated) chemistry

   Synonym: kimia

Further reading

• “ilmu pisah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.