absorpsi air

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of absorpsi +‎ air, perhaps an calque of English water absorption.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /abˌsorpsi ˈair/ [abˌsorp̚.si ˈa.ɪr]
• Syllabification: ab‧sorp‧si air

Noun

absorpsi air

1. water absorption (the amount of water absorbed by a material)

   Synonym: penyerapan air

Further reading

• “absorpsi air”, 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