kaki langit

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kaki (“foot”) +‎ langit (“sky”), from Malay kaki langit. Compare to Khmer ជើងមេឃ (cəəng meik, “horizon”, literally “sky foot”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaki ˈlaŋɪt/

Noun

kaki langit (plural kaki-kaki langit, first-person possessive kaki langitku, second-person possessive kaki langitmu, third-person possessive kaki langitnya)

  1. horizon, skysill, skyline: the visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
    Synonyms: batas pemandangan, cakrawala, horizon, tepi langit, ufuk

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