henti napas

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of henti (“stop”) +‎ napas (“breath”), calque of Dutch ademstilstand (“apnea”, literally “respiratory arrest”).

Noun

hênti napas (first-person possessive henti napasku, second-person possessive henti napasmu, third-person possessive henti napasnya)

1. (pulmonology, emergency medicine, pathology) respiratory arrest.

Further reading

• “henti napas” 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.