kembang api
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of kembang (“flower”) + api (“fire”), literally “fire flower”, from
- Calque of Chinese 花火 (“fireworks”, literally “flower fire”) or
- Calque of Japanese 花火 (hanabi, “fireworks”, literally “flower fire”).
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Further reading[edit]
- “kembang api” 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.