lalu lintas

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of lalu +‎ lintas, inherited from Malay lalu lintas, probably calque of Chinese 交通.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlalu ˈlɪntas]

Noun

lalu lintas (first-person possessive lalu lintasku, second-person possessive lalu lintasmu, third-person possessive lalu lintasnya)

1. traffic:
   1. (transport) moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
   2. commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
   3. (information technology) exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.
2. (transport) passage, passageway

Alternative forms

• lantas

Synonyms

• trafik (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• berlalu lintas
• perlalulintasan

 

Further reading

• “lalu lintas” 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.