tali busur

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of tali +‎ busur, calque from Japanese 弦(つる) (tsuru, “chord”, literally “bowstring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.li ˈbu.sʊr/

Noun

tali busur (plural tali-tali busur, first-person possessive tali busurku, second-person possessive tali busurmu, third-person possessive tali busurnya)

1. (geometry) chord (straight line between two points of a curve)

   Synonym: perentas (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “tali busur” 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.