kereta api bawah tanah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kereta api (“train”) +‎ bawah (“under”) +‎ tanah (“ground”), probably calque of Chinese 地下鐵路／地下铁路 or Japanese 地下鉄道(ちかてつどう) (chikatetsudō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈrɛt̪a ˈapi ˈbawah ˈtanah]

Noun

kereta api bawah tanah (first-person possessive kereta api bawah tanahku, second-person possessive kereta api bawah tanahmu, third-person possessive kereta api bawah tanahnya)

1. (transport) underground railway

Further reading

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