lalu lintas

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of lalu (to pass) +‎ lintas (cross), from Malay lalu lintas.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌlalu ˈlintas/ [ˌla.lu ˈlin̪.t̪as]
  • Syllabification: la‧lu lin‧tas

Noun

lalu lintas (usually uncountable, plural lalu-lalu lintas)

  1. traffic (moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof)
  2. (computing) traffic (exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network)

Derived terms

Affixation
Compounds
  • lalu lintas giral

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Compound of lalu (to pass) +‎ lintas (to cross).

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˌlalu ˈlintas/ [ˌla.lu ˈlin̪.t̪as]
  • Rhymes: -tas, -as
  • Hyphenation: ha‧la‧lu‧lin‧tas

Noun

lalu lintas (Jawi spelling لالو لينتس, usually uncountable, plural lalu-lalu lintas or lalu2 lintas)

  1. traffic (moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof)
  2. (computing) traffic (exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network)

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: lalu lintas (inherited)

Further reading