kereta api bumel

Indonesian

Etymology

Partial calque of Dutch boemeltrein, from boemel (“loitering”) +‎ trein, as kereta api +‎ bumel.

Noun

kereta api bumel (first-person possessive kereta api bumelku, second-person possessive kereta api bumelmu, third-person possessive kereta api bumelnya)

1. (archaic, rail transport) local: a train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

Further reading

• “kereta api bumel” 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.