gardu induk

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of gardu (“post, station”) +‎ induk (“central”, literally “main”), probably influenced by Dutch energiecentrale (“power station”, literally “energy centre”) and Dutch onderstation (“substation”).

Noun

gardu induk (first-person possessive gardu indukku, second-person possessive gardu indukmu, third-person possessive gardu induknya)

  1. (electricity) substation.

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