batuan beku

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of batuan (“rock”) +‎ beku (“frozen”), calque of Dutch stollingsgesteente (“igneous rock”, literally “freezing rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtuan bəˈku/

Noun

batuan beku (plural batuan-batuan beku, first-person possessive batuan bekuku, second-person possessive batuan bekumu, third-person possessive batuan bekunya)

1. (geology) igneous rock, magmatic rock.

Further reading

• “batuan beku” 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.