kereta api

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-
    Proto-Indo-European *-ós
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós
    Proto-Celtic *karros
    Gaulish *karrosbor.
    Latin carrus
    Old Catalan carro
    Old Catalan -eta
    Old Catalan carretabor.?
    Old Galician-Portuguese carreta
    Portuguese carretabor.
    Malay kereta
    Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy
    Proto-Malayic *api
    Malay api
    Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj?
    Chinese 火
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
    Proto-Tocharian *kuk(ä)lebor.?
    Chinese 車 / 车
    Chinese 火車 / 火车calq.
    Indonesian kereta api

    Compound of kereta (“car; carriage”) +‎ api (“fire”), from Malay kereta api, probably a calque of Chinese 火車 / 火车 (huǒchē, “train”, literally “fire + car”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəˌreta ˈapi/
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    • Rhymes: -api
    • Syllabification: ke‧re‧ta a‧pi

    Noun

    kêréta api (plural kereta-kereta api)

    1. train
      Synonyms: kereta, sepur

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    Malay

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    Etymology

      Compound of kereta (“car; carriage”) +‎ api (“fire; electricity”). Probably a calque from Chinese 火車／火车 (huǒchē, “train”, literally “fire + car”).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      kereta api (Jawi spelling کريتا اڤي, plural kereta-kereta api)

      1. train (line of connected cars or carriages)
        Synonyms: kereta lipan, tren
        • 2009, Siti Zainon Ismail, Bait senandung malam — dari stesan ke stesen, page xi:
          Dengan tiket kereta api menuju ke destinasi pilihan. Berbekal buku untuk menambah ilmu, dengan sedikit barang-barang keperluan, kau memilih jahur kereta api ke selatan.
          With a train ticket going to the chosen destination. You must armed with a book to increase knowledge, with a few required items, you choose the train bound for South.

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