rumah api

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay rumah api. By surface analysis, rumah (“house”) +‎ api (“fire”).

Noun

rumah api (plural rumah-rumah api)

1. (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

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˌrumah ˈapi/ [ˌru.mah ˈʔa.pi]
• Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i
• Hyphenation: ru‧mah a‧pi

Noun

rumah api (Jawi spelling رومه اڤي, plural rumah-rumah api)

1. lighthouse

   Synonyms: menara api (Indonesian), mercusuar (Indonesian)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: rumah api
• → 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
  (also see "rumah api" at PRPM first version)