pintu air

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Etymology

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Compound of pintu (door) +‎ air (water). Compare to Chinese 水門水门 (“sluice, lock, floodgate”, literally “water door”).

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Noun

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pintu air (first-person possessive pintu airku, second-person possessive pintu airmu, third-person possessive pintu airnya)

  1. lock: a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
  2. A gate of water mechanism.
    1. A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel; sluice gate
    2. sluice
      1. A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated; water gate.
      2. An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice; floodgate.

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