rumah makan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.mah ˈma.kan/

Noun

rumah makan

1. 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

• “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.