loncat indah
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of loncat (“jump”) + indah (“elegant”). Calque of Dutch schoonspringen.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌlɔnt͡ʃat ˈindah/ [ˌlɔɲ.t͡ʃat̪̚ ˈin.dah]
- Syllabification: lon‧cat in‧dah
Noun
- diving (the sport of jumping from a platform into water while perform acrobatically)
- Synonym: lompat indah
Further reading
- “loncat indah” 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.