 ./tsl. .sia ©  John Benjamins Publishing Company Why is it not cool? Temperature terms in Indonesian Poppy Siahaan University of Cologne he aim of this contribution is to explore temperature terms encoded as words or constructions in Indonesian. . Using frequency statistics, the present study inds that there are three basic temperature terms in Indonesian (i.e. panas ‘hot’, dingin ‘cold’, and hangat ‘warm’. hese are psychologically salient, morphologically simple native words that can be applied to the three sub-domains of temperature (tactile, ambient , and personal feeling). he contribution focuses on the discussion of the metaphorical extensions of these basic temperature terms. . Introduction 1 he paper deals with basic temperature terms in Indonesian using examples from a corpus drawn from online newspapers. In order to ind psychologically salient tem- perature terms in Indonesian, a short questionnaire was carried out. he decision on whether a temperature term is a basic or marginal one is related to the generalisations on the basic temperature terms suggested by Sutrop (1998). Out of seven temperature terms named by the interviewees, four potentially basic temperature terms were then chosen because they are morphologically simple and native Indonesian words. Using a database, the four potential basic temperature terms were analysed with respect to the . I owe gratitude to Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm for her trust and patience with me and for her useful comments and suggestions. I thank an anonymous reviewer who has provided me with extremely helpful and constructive criticism. I also thank Angela Terrill, the copy- editor, for her valuable comments and suggestions. I am indebted to 58 anonymous infor- mants of Indonesian native speakers for having answered my questionnaire and provided me with a list of salient temperature terms in Indonesian. I also thank the following Indonesian native speakers who have helped me with their cultural knowledge about Indonesian language (in alphabetical order): Dini Andarini, Mina Arsita, Vera Dwijanti, Edison Lumbantoruan, Joshua Lumbantoruan, Pauline Lumbantoruan, Dian Masayu, Herlina Mustikasari, Seno Joko Suyono, Fenny Widjojo, and Hydriana Ananta Win. All remaining flaws are of course my own responsibility.