jalan buntu

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of jalan +‎ buntu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒa.lan ˈbʊn.tu/

Noun

jalan buntu (plural jalan-jalan buntu)

1. (literal) dead end, cul-de-sac, blind alley

   Synonym: kuldesak

2. (figurative, politics) deadlock

Further reading

• “jalan buntu”, 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