tangga berjalan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of tangga (“stair”) + berjalan (“walking”). Compare to Cantonese 行人電梯 (“escalator”, literally “pedestrian electric ladder”), Italian scala mobile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa bərˈd͡ʒalan/
Noun
tangga berjalan (first-person possessive tangga berjalanku, second-person possessive tangga berjalanmu, third-person possessive tangga berjalannya)
- escalator, a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- Banyak stasiun yang hanya mempunyai tangga berjalan. ― Many stations have escalator.
- Synonym: eskalator
Further reading
- “tangga berjalan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.