minyak tanah

Compound of minyak (“oil”) +‎ tanah (“earth”), calque of Dutch aardolie (“petroleum”, literally “earth oil”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɲak ˈtanah/

minyak tanah (plural minyak-minyak tanah)

1. kerosene

   Synonyms: avtur, kerosin, minyak patra

   Hypernym: minyak bumi

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• “minyak tanah”, 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

Compound of minyak (“oil”) +‎ tanah (“earth, ground”). Literally, “ground/earth oil”.

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˌmiɲak ˈtanah/ [ˌmi.ɲaʔ ˈt̪a.nah]

minyak tanah (Jawi spelling ميڽق تانه, plural minyak-minyak tanah or minyak² tanah)

1. kerosene; paraffin oil

   Synonyms: kerosena, (Indonedia) kerosin

   Synonym: (Indonesia) minyak patra

• > Indonesian: minyak tanah (inherited)

• "minyak tanah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017