es batu

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of es (“ice”) +‎ batu (“stone”), probably calque from Chinese 冰塊／冰块 (bīngkuài).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs ˈbatu/

Noun

es batu (plural es-es batu)

1. ice cube

Further reading

• “es batu”, 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