seni bina
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of seni (“art”) + bina (“develop”), inherited from Malay seni bina (“architecture”), probably calque of Dutch bouwstijl (“architecture”, literally “style, fashion of building”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ˈni ˈbi.na/
Noun
seni bina (first-person possessive seni binaku, second-person possessive seni binamu, third-person possessive seni binanya)
- traditional Malay architecture:
- Hypernyms: arsitektur, ilmu bangunan
Further reading
- “seni bina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Noun
seni bina (plural seni-seni bina, informal 1st possessive seni binaku, 2nd possessive seni binamu, 3rd possessive seni binanya)
- architecture