desalinasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch desalinatie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sa.li.ˈna.si/
• Rhymes: -si, -i
• Hyphenation: de‧sa‧li‧na‧si

Noun

desalinasi (first-person possessive desalinasiku, second-person possessive desalinasimu, third-person possessive desalinasinya)

1. desalination: The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.

   Synonym: (Standard Malay) penyahgaraman

Further reading

• “desalinasi” 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.