ꦥꦸꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese puh, pĕh, pöh (“pressed product, squeezing product; quintessence, best”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq (“to wring out”). Cognate of Malay perah.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puh/
  • Rhymes: -puh
  • Hyphenation: se‧puh

Verb

ꦥꦸꦃ (puh)

  1. to squeeze
  2. to milk

Derived terms

  • ꦥꦔꦺꦥꦸꦃ (pangépuh)
  • ꦥꦸꦃꦥꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (puh-puhan)
  • ꦥꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (puhan)
  • ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦃ (sepuh)

References

  1. ^ Nothofer, Bernd (2013) Pengantar Etimologi [Introduction to Etymology] (in Indonesian), Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 121

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “sepuh”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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