pintu air
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of pintu (“door”) + air (“water”). Compare to Chinese 水門/水门 (“sluice, lock, floodgate”, literally “water door”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɪntu ˈaɪr]
Noun
pintu air (first-person possessive pintu airku, second-person possessive pintu airmu, third-person possessive pintu airnya)
- lock: a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- A gate of water mechanism.
- A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel; sluice gate
- sluice
- A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated; water gate.
- An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice; floodgate.
Derived terms
- pintu air
- pintu terbuka
Further reading
- “pintu air” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.