landasan pacu

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of landasan +‎ pacu, calque of Dutch startbaan (“runway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lan.ˈdas.an ˈpa.t͡ʃu/

Noun

landasan pacu (plural landasan-landasan pacu, first-person possessive landasan pacuku, second-person possessive landasan pacumu, third-person possessive landasan pacunya)

1. (aviation) runway: a section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

Synonyms

• landasan terbang (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “landasan pacu” 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.