mercu api

Compound of mercu (“tower”) +‎ api (“fire”), calque of Dutch vuurtoren (“lighthouse”, literally “fire + tower”).

mercu api (plural mercu-mercu api)

1. lighthouse

   Synonyms: menara api, menara suar, mercusuar, rumah api, suar

• “mercu api”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Compound of mercu (“tower”) +‎ api (“fire”).

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [mə(r).t͡ʃu ʔa.pi]
• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): [mər.t͡ʃu ʔa.pi]

mercu api (plural mercu-mercu api or mercu² api)

1. lighthouse

• "mercu api" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017