aèr klonyo

Betawi

Etymology

From aèr (“water”) +‎ klonyo (“cologne”), partial calque of French eau de Cologne. Compare Malay air kelonyor and Sundanese kolonyo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɛr kloɲo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: a‧èr klo‧nyo

Noun

aèr klonyo

  1. cologne (a type of perfume)
    Hypernym: aèr wangi

Further reading

  • Saidi, R. (2007) “aèr klonyo”, in Glosari Betawi: Kamus kata-kata, nama, dan peristiwa dari zaman prasejarah hingga zaman moderen [Batavian Glossary: A dictionary of lexicons, proper names, and events from pre-historical up to modern ages] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Betawi Ngeriung, page 2
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