pembantaian
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation of bantai + peng- -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəmbanˈtai̯an/ [pəm.ban̪ˈt̪ai̯.an]
- Rhymes: -ai̯an
- Syllabification: pem‧ban‧tai‧an
Noun
pembantaian (plural pembantaian-pembantaian)
- massacre
- murder, slaughter
- abattoir, slaughterhouse.
- Synonyms: abatoar, pejagalan, rumah jagal, rumah pemotongan, rumah potong
- Synonyms: pembantaian, rumah sembelih (Standard Malay)
- butchering.
- hecatomb
Further reading
- “pembantaian”, 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