monumen mati
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of monumen (“monument”) + mati.
Noun
monumen mati (plural monumen-monumen mati)
- (archaeology) buildings that were built and used in the past, then abandoned by the community in the past, so that when they were discovered, documented and registered, the buildings were no longer used by the community, for example temples, forts and bathing places
Further reading
- “monumen mati”, 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