palu arit
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of palu (“hammer”) + arit (“sickle”). A similar conjoining pattern can be found with tanah air.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- hammer and sickle
- Synonym: palu dan arit
- a depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union
- (metonymically) socialism or communism itself
Further reading
edit- “palu arit” 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.