jembatan keledai

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of jembatan (“bridge”) +‎ keledai (“donkey”), calque of Dutch ezelsbruggetje, diminutive of ezelsbrug (“mnemonic”, literally “donkey + brigde”), it in turn a calque of Latin pōns asinōrum.

Noun

jembatan keledai (uncountable)

1. (figurative) mnemonic: anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.

   Synonym: mnemonik

Further reading

• “jembatan keledai” 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.