merkurium
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mercurium, accusative singular of mercurius (“mercury”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mɛrkuˈrium/ [mɛr.kuˈri.ʊm]
- Rhymes: -um
- Syllabification: mer‧ku‧ri‧um
Noun
merkurium (plural merkurium-merkurium)
- mercury
- Synonyms: air raksa, merkuri, perak cergas (Malay), raksa
Further reading
- “merkurium”, 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