Tesaurus Bahasa Indonesia
Teasurus Bahasa Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia Thesaurus) was published in early December 2006. Eko Endarmoko had spent for about 25 years to complete this thesaurus, beginning from “a task” from his lecture, Anton M Moeliono, who is one of Bahasa Indonesia experts. Consisting about 16.000 entries, Salomo Simanungkalit, language columnist in national newspaper, Kompas, appreciated Tesaurus as a very valuable contribution to Indonesian culture (in Bahasa Indonesia). Salomo also compare this project with Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (main Indonesian dictionary) which was arranged by tens of experts and having 78.000 entries.
Tesaurus is not first Indonesian thesaurus, but Eko has done his project very well. He learnt most from prior thesaurus and made serious revisions. This book will become one of important resources for writers from various discipline.
[...] Children books (especially in encyclopedic style) fulfilled many booths, followed by Islamic books. Also interesting that books about Sundanese language and culture spread in several booths with optimal promotions. Every booth tries to attract visitors with 10–20% discount; for example, Tesaurus Bahasa Indonesia is sold with 15% discount from its original price Rp 170.000,00. This discount is actually similiar to Palasari bookmarket’s price but surely book fair is more comfortable and nice to visit. You are safe to do only “window shopping.” [...]
[...] itu kami mengobrol tentang tesaurus. Saya ingat beberapa bulan lalu saat Tesaurus Bahasa Indonesia diluncurkan, kami pernah juga membicarakan adikarya Eko Endarmoko tersebut. Jadi boleh dikata [...]