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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of rumah (“house”) + tahanan (“prison, inmate”), calque of Dutch gevangenhuis (“prison”). Compare with Japanese 牢屋 (“prison”, literally “prison house”) or 獄屋 (“prison”, literally “prison house”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rumah tahanan (first-person possessive rumah tahananku, second-person possessive rumah tahananmu, third-person possessive rumah tahanannya)
- (law) detention center or centre; prison.
- Hypernym: penjara
- Roemah sakit jang lama di Semarang bakal dirombak djadi roemah tahanan orang gila. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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