rumah kaca
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound rumah (“house”) + kaca (“glass”), from English glasshouse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrʊmah ˈkat͡ʃa/
Noun
rumah kaca (first-person possessive rumah kacaku, second-person possessive rumah kacamu, third-person possessive rumah kacanya)
- greenhouse: a building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
Synonyms
- rumah hijau (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “rumah kaca” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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