pengebom

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of bom (“bomb”) +‎ peng-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəŋəˈbom/ [pə.ŋəˈbom]
• Rhymes: -om
• Syllabification: pe‧nge‧bom

Noun

pengebom (plural pengebom-pengebom)

1. bomber
   1. a person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
   2. ellipsis of pesawat pengebom

Alternative forms

• pembom

Further reading

• “pengebom”, 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