retak buaya

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of retak (“crack”) +‎ buaya (“crocodile”).

Noun

retak buaya (plural retak-retak buaya)

1. (building, engineering) cracks with a gap width greater than or equal to 3 mm, forming a series of small boxes resembling crocodile skin.

Further reading

• “retak buaya” 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.