rumah tahanan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of rumah (“house”) + tahanan (“prison, inmate”). Compare with Japanese 牢屋 (“prison”, literally “prison house”) or 獄屋 (“prison”, literally “prison house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrumah taˈhanan]
Noun
rumah tahanan (first-person possessive rumah tahananku, second-person possessive rumah tahananmu, third-person possessive rumah tahanannya)
Further reading
- “rumah tahanan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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