segede gaban

Indonesian

Etymology

Literally, "as big as Gavan", as reference to the size of the statue of the character "Gavan" from the 1982 Japanese tokusatsu series Space Sheriff Gavan displayed at Taman Impian Jaya Ancol in the late 1980s-1990s.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səɡəˌde ˈɡaban/ [sə.ɡəˌde ˈɡa.ban]
  • Rhymes: -aban
  • Syllabification: se‧ge‧de ga‧ban

Adjective

segede gaban (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, figurative) very big; humongous
    Synonym: sebesar gaban

References

  1. ^ Dufan - Taman Impian Jaya Ancol (14 September 2015), Facebook[1] (in Indonesian)

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