luncuran
Indonesian
Etymology
From luncur + -an. Compare to Malay luncuran (“coasting”).
Noun
luncuran (plural luncuran-luncuran)
- glide, the result of gliding
- slide (an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again)
- Synonym: seluncuran
- (phonology) glide (a transitional sound, especially a semivowel)
- Near-synonym: semivokal
Further reading
- “luncuran”, 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