rumah makan

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === RM (abbreviation) === Etymology === Compound of rumah (“house”) +‎ makan (“eat”), literally “eating house”. Compare to Chinese 飯館／饭馆 (“restaurant”, literally “food/cuisine + house”) or Dutch eethuis (“diner, restaurant”, literally “eat house”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈru.mah ˈma.kan/ === Noun === rumah makan restaurant, an eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter Synonym: restoran === Further reading === “rumah makan”, 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