retak buaya
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of retak (“crack”) + buaya (“crocodile”).
Noun
retak buaya (plural retak-retak buaya)
- (building, engineering) cracks with a gap width greater than or equal to 3 mm, forming a series of small boxes resembling crocodile skin
Further reading
- “retak buaya” 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.