rumah makan
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of rumah (“house”) + makan (“eat”), literally “eating house”. Compare to Chinese 飯館/饭馆 (“restaurant”, literally “food/cuisine + house”) or Dutch eethuis (“diner, restaurant”, literally “eat house”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- restaurant, an eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
- Synonym: restoran
Further reading
edit- “rumah makan” 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.