kabar kawat
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of kabar (“news”) + kawat (“wire; cable”).
Noun
kabar kawat (plural kabar-kabar kawat)
- telegram (a written or printed telegraph message)
- Synonyms: surat kawat, telegram
Further reading
- “kabar kawat”, 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