surat kawat
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of surat (“letter”) + kawat (“wire; cable”).
Noun
surat kawat (plural surat-surat kawat)
- telegram (a written or printed telegraph message)
- Synonyms: kabar kawat, telegram
Further reading
- “surat kawat”, 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