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)
- traffic (moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof)
- (computing) traffic (exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network)
Derived terms
Affixation
- berlalu lintas
- perlalulintasan
Compounds
- lalu lintas giral
Further reading
- “lalu lintas”, 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
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)
- traffic (moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof)
- (computing) traffic (exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: lalu lintas (inherited)
Further reading
- "lalu lintas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017