bumantara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦾꦺꦴꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦫ (byomantara, “sky”), from Old Javanese byomāntara (“sky”), from Sanskrit व्योम (vyoma, “sky”) +‎ अन्तर (antara, “between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bumanˈtara]
• Hyphenation: bu‧man‧ta‧ra

Noun

bumantara (first-person possessive bumantaraku, second-person possessive bumantaramu, third-person possessive bumantaranya)

1. (archaic) sky, atmosphere, space

   Synonyms: ambara, angkasa, awang-awang, cakrawala, dirgantara, horizon, langit, udara

Alternative forms

• bomantara

Further reading

• “bumantara” 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.