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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of emas (“gold”) + putih (“white”), calque of Dutch witgoud (“platinum”, literally “white gold”). Compare to Japanese 白金 (hakkin, “platinum”).
Pronunciation
Noun
êmas putih (uncountable)
- platinum: the chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
- Synonyms: emas kodok, platina
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