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”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˌreta ˈapi/ [kəˌre.t̪a ˈa.pi]

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• Rhymes: -api
• Syllabification: ke‧re‧ta a‧pi

kêréta api (plural kereta-kereta api)

1. train

   Synonyms: kereta, sepur

• KA (initialism)

• “kereta api”, 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

• keretapi (nonstandard)

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

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /kəˌretə ˈapi/ [kəˌre.t̪ə ˈa.pi]
• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kəˌreta ˈapi/ [kəˌre.t̪a ˈa.pi]
• Rhymes: -api, -i
• Hyphenation: ke‧re‧ta a‧pi

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.

• Malay: keretapi, ketapi
• > Indonesian: kereta api (inherited)
• → Tausug: karita' api