rumah tahanan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of rumah (house) + tahanan (prison, inmate). Compare with Japanese 牢屋 (prison, literally prison house) or 獄屋 (prison, literally prison house).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrumah taˈhanan]

Noun

rumah tahanan (first-person possessive rumah tahananku, second-person possessive rumah tahananmu, third-person possessive rumah tahanannya)

  1. (law) detention center or centre; prison.
    Hypernym: penjara

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