kapal selam
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of kapal (“ship”) + selam (“to dive”), calque of Dutch duikboot.
Noun edit
kapal selam (first-person possessive kapal selamku, second-person possessive kapal selammu, third-person possessive kapal selamnya)
- submarine: a boat that can go underwater.
Further reading edit
- “kapal selam” 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.