rumah sakit
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of rumah (“house”) + sakit (“sick”), calque of Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”, literally “sick house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrumah ˈsakɪt̚]
Noun
rumah sakit (first-person possessive rumah sakitku, second-person possessive rumah sakitmu, third-person possessive rumah sakitnya)
- (healthcare) a hospital, medical care facility.
Alternative forms
- rumkit
- RS
Derived terms
- kerumahsakitan
- merumahsakitkan
- perumahsakitan
- rumah sakit bersalin
- rumah sakit ibu dan anak
- rumah sakit jiwa
- rumah sakit kanker
- rumah sakit ketergantungan obat
- rumah sakit khusus
- rumah sakit lapangan
- rumah sakit mata
- rumah sakit rujukan
- rumah sakit terbang
- rumah sakit umum
Further reading
- “rumah sakit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
rumah (“house”) + sakit (“sick, pain”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /rumah saket/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /rumah sakɪt/
- Rhymes: -aket, -ket, -et
Noun
rumah sakit (plural rumah-rumah sakit)
- (obsolete) hospital (building)
Synonyms
- hospital