Affixed peng- +‎ padam.

• IPA^(key): [pəˈmadam]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ma‧dam

pêmadam (plural pemadam-pemadam)

1. ellipsis of pemadam api (“fire extinguisher”)
2. ellipsis of pemadam kebakaran (“firefighter”)

• “pemadam”, 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

Combination of peng- +‎ padam (“to erase”).

• IPA^(key): /pəmadam/
• Rhymes: -adam, -dam, -am

pemadam (Jawi spelling ڤمادم, plural pemadam-pemadam or pemadam²)

1. eraser, rubber (tool used to erase writing)

• "pemadam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017