terumbu karang

Inherited from Malay karang, a calque of English coral reef.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˌrumbu ˈkaraŋ/ [t̪əˌrum.bu ˈka.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -araŋ
• Syllabification: te‧rum‧bu ka‧rang

terumbu karang (plural terumbu-terumbu karang)

1. coral reef

• “terumbu karang”, 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 terumbu (“reef”) +‎ karang (“coral”), a calque of English coral reef.

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /təˌrumbu ˈkaraŋ/ [t̪əˌrum.bu ˈka.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: te‧rum‧bu‧ka‧rang

terumbu karang (Jawi spelling ترومبو کارڠ, plural terumbu-terumbu karang or terumbu² karang)

1. coral reef

   Great Barrier Reef ialah sistem terumbu karang terbesar di dunia.

   Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world.

• > Indonesian: terumbu karang (inherited)

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