kapal selam

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kapal (“ship”) +‎ selam (“to dive”), calque of Dutch duikboot.

Noun

kapal selam (first-person possessive kapal selamku, second-person possessive kapal selammu, third-person possessive kapal selamnya)

  1. submarine: a boat that can go underwater.

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