asbut
Indonesian
Etymology
Blend of asap (“smoke”) + kabut (“fog”), a calque of English smog.
Noun
asbut (usually uncountable, plural asbut-asbut)
- smog (urban air pollution)
- Synonyms: asap kabut, kabut asap
Further reading
- “asbut”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016