jembatan keledai

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of jembatan (“bridge”) +‎ keledai (“donkey”), calque of Dutch ezelsbruggetje, diminutive of ezelsbrug (“mnemonic”, literally “donkey + bridge”), it in turn a calque of Latin pōns asinōrum.

Noun

jembatan keledai (plural jembatan-jembatan keledai)

  1. (figurative) mnemonic: anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something
    Synonym: mnemonik

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