bilik suara
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of bilik (“booth”) + suara (“vote”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.lɪʔ ˈsua̯.ra/
Noun
bilik suara (plural bilik-bilik suara)
- (politics) polling booth, voting booth: a small enclosed compartment where a voter may register a vote in private; it may house some voting machine, or just have a pencil for marking a voting slip
- Synonym: bilik pemungutan suara
Synonyms
- pondok pengundi (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “bilik suara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.