blangwir
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch brandweer (“firefighting, fire department, fire brigade”), perhaps via Betawi blangwir or Javanese ꦧ꧀ꦭꦔ꧀ꦮꦶꦂ (blangwir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈblaŋwɪr]
- Hyphenation: blang‧wir
Noun
blangwir (plural blangwir-blangwir)
- alternative spelling of branwir (“fire engine, fire truck, fire appliance”)
Further reading
- “blangwir”, 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