seni bina

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of seni (“art”) +‎ bina (“develop”), inherited from Malay seni bina (“architecture”), probably calque of Dutch bouwstijl (“architecture”, literally “style, fashion of building”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈni ˈbi.na/

Noun

seni bina (first-person possessive seni binaku, second-person possessive seni binamu, third-person possessive seni binanya)

1. traditional Malay architecture:

   Hypernyms: arsitektur, ilmu bangunan

Further reading

• “seni bina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Noun

seni bina (plural seni-seni bina, informal 1st possessive seni binaku, 2nd possessive seni binamu, 3rd possessive seni binanya)

1. architecture