menara api

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˌnara ˈapi/ [məˌna.ra ˈa.pi]
• Rhymes: -api
• Syllabification: me‧na‧ra a‧pi

Noun

menara api (plural menara-menara api)

1. lighthouse

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

Further reading

• “menara 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