abklats
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Abklatsch (“squeeze”, literally “cliché”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈabklats/ [ˈap̚.klat̪s]
- Rhymes: -abklats
- Syllabification: ab‧klats
Noun
abklats (plural abklats-abklats)
- (archaeology) squeeze (a reverse copy of an inscription, made by applying moist filter paper and pushing into the indentations by percussive use of a stiff brush)
- Synonym: acuan kertas
Further reading
- “abklats”, 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