bunga api

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 火花 (huǒhuā, “spark”, literally “fire + flower”) or Japanese 火花 (hibana, “spark”, literally “fire + flower”).
From bunga (“flower”) +‎ api (“fire”).

Noun

spark.

Further reading

“bunga api” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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