kapal selam

Compound of kapal (“ship”) +‎ selam (“to dive”), calque of Dutch duikboot.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌkapal səˈlam/ [ˌka.pal səˈlam]

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: ka‧pal se‧lam

kapal selam (plural kapal-kapal selam)

1. submarine: a boat that can go underwater

• “kapal selam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Compound of kapal (“ship”) +‎ selam (“to dive”), calque of Dutch duikboot.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkapal səˈlam/ [ˌka.pal səˈlam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: ka‧pal se‧lam

kapal selam (Jawi spelling کاڤل سلم, plural kapal-kapal selam)

1. A submarine

• “kapal selam”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017