rumah api
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay rumah api. By surface analysis, rumah (“house”) + api (“fire”).
Noun
rumah api (plural rumah-rumah api)
- (rare) lighthouse
- Synonyms: menara api, menara suar, mercu api, mercusuar, suar
Further reading
- “rumah 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
Malay
Etymology
Compound of rumah (“house”) + api (“fire”). Literally, “fire house”.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Literary, Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA(key): /ˌrumah ˈapi/ [ˌru.mah ˈa.pi]
- Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i
- Hyphenation: ru‧mah a‧pi
Noun
rumah api (Jawi spelling رومه اڤي, plural rumah-rumah api or rumah2 api)
- lighthouse
- Synonyms: menara api (Indonesian), mercusuar (Indonesian)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: rumah api (inherited)
- → Tausug: ruma api
Further reading
- "rumah api" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017