Etymology

Inherited from MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#BATU%20BESICategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#BATU%20BESI batu besi. Equivalent to batu (“stone”) +‎ besi (“iron”)Category:Indonesian compound terms#BATU%20BESI. Compare Tagalog batumbesi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌbatu bəˈsi/ [ˌba.t̪u bəˈsi]Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BATU%20BESI
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ba‧tu be‧si

Noun

batu besi (plural batu-batu besi)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BATU%20BESICategory:Indonesian nouns#BATU%20BESICategory:Indonesian multiword terms#BATU%20BESICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BATU%20BESICategory:Pages with entries#BATU%20BESICategory:Pages with 2 entries#BATU%20BESI

1. granite

   Synonyms: batu kulansing, granit

Further reading

• “batu besi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Etymology

Compound of batu (“stone”) +‎ besi (“iron”)Category:Malay compound terms#BATU%20BESI. Literally, “iron stone”. Compare Tagalog batumbesi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbatu bəˈsi/ [ˌba.t̪u bəˈsi]Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#BATU%20BESI
• Rhymes: -iCategory:Rhymes:Malay/i#BATU%20BESICategory:Rhymes:Malay/i/4 syllables#BATU%20BESI
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu be‧si

Noun

batu besi (Jawi spelling باتو بسي, plural batu-batu besi or batu² besi)Category:Malay lemmas#BATU%20BESICategory:Malay nouns#BATU%20BESICategory:Malay multiword terms#BATU%20BESICategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BATU%20BESICategory:Pages with entries#BATU%20BESICategory:Pages with 2 entries#BATU%20BESI

1. (geologyCategory:ms:Geology#BATU%20BESI, petrologyCategory:ms:Petrology#BATU%20BESI) granite^[1]

   Synonym: granit

2. ironstone

References

Further reading

• "batu besi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017