kapal terbang

From kapal (“ship”) +‎ terbang (“to fly”), inherited from Malay kapal terbang. Compare to Hokkien 飛船／飞船 (“airplane”, literally “to fly + boat, vessel, ship”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌkapal tərˈbaŋ/ [ˌka.pal t̪ərˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧pal ter‧bang

kapal têrbang (first-person possessive kapal terbangku, second-person possessive kapal terbangmu, third-person possessive kapal terbangnya)

1. airplane

   Synonyms: pesawat, pesawat terbang

• “kapal terbang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• kapal terbang on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

kapal terbang

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kapal (“ship”) +‎ terbang (“to fly”).

kapal tĕrbang (Jawi spelling کاڤل تربڠ, plural kapal-kapal terbang, informal 1st possessive kapal terbangku, 2nd possessive kapal terbangmu, 3rd possessive kapal terbangnya)

1. aeroplane
2. aircraft (of any type)

• “kapal terbang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.