gas bumi

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of gas (“gas”) +‎ bumi (“earth”), a calque of Dutch aardgas (“natural gas”, literally “earth gas”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡas ˈbumi/

Noun

gas bumi (first-person possessive gas bumiku, second-person possessive gas bumimu, third-person possessive gas buminya)

natural gas.
Synonym: gas alam

Synonym: gas asli (Standard Malay)

Further reading

“gas bumi” 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.

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