tangga berjalan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of tangga (“stair”) + berjalan (“walking”). Compare to Cantonese 行人電梯/行人电梯 (hang4 jan4 din6 tai1, “escalator”, literally “pedestrian electric ladder”), Italian scala mobile.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tangga berjalan (first-person possessive tangga berjalanku, second-person possessive tangga berjalanmu, third-person possessive tangga berjalannya)
- escalator, a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- Synonym: eskalator
- Banyak stasiun yang hanya mempunyai tangga berjalan. ― Many stations have escalator.
Further reading edit
- “tangga berjalan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.