lalu lintas

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• lalin

Etymology

Compound of lalu (“to pass”) +‎ lintas (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌlalu ˈlintas/ [ˌla.lu ˈlin.t̪as]
• Syllabification: la‧lu lin‧tas

Noun

lalu lintas (usually uncountable, plural lalu-lalu)

1. traffic (moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof)
2. (computing) traffic (exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network)

Derived terms

• berlalu lintas
• perlalulintasan

Compounds

• lalu lintas giral

Further reading

• “lalu lintas” 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.