bintang berekor

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of Dutch staartster (“comet”, literally “tail star”) with bintang (“star”) +‎ berekor (“tailed”).

Noun

bintang berekor (first-person possessive bintang berekorku, second-person possessive bintang berekormu, third-person possessive bintang berekornya)

1. (colloquial) comet

   Synonym: komet

Further reading

• “bintang berekor” 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.