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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of tangga (“stair”) + berjalan (“walking”). Compare to Cantonese 行人電梯／行人电梯 (hang4 jan4 din6 tai1, “escalator”, literally “pedestrian electric ladder”), Italian scala mobile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa bərˈd͡ʒalan/
Noun
tangga berjalan (first-person possessive tangga berjalanku, second-person possessive tangga berjalanmu, third-person possessive tangga berjalannya)
- escalator, a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- Synonym: eskalator
- Banyak stasiun yang hanya mempunyai tangga berjalan. ― Many stations have escalator.
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