rumah api
Malay
Etymology
Compound of rumah (“house”) + api (“fire”). Literally, “fire house”.
Pronunciation
- (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˌrumah ˈapi/ [ˌru.mah ˈa.pi]
- Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i
- Hyphenation: ru‧mah a‧pi
Noun
rumah api (Jawi spelling رومه اڤي, plural rumah-rumah api)
- lighthouse
- Synonyms: menara api, mercusuar (Indonesia)
Descendants
- → Tausug: ruma api
Further reading
- “rumah api”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017