garpu

Borrowed from Portuguese garfo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin graphium. Cognate with Malay garpu (“fork”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡarpu/, /ɡərpu/
• Hyphenation: gar‧pu

garpu

1. fork (eating utensil with spikes)

From Malay garpu, from Portuguese garfo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin graphium.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarpu/ [ˈɡar.pu]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arpu
• Syllabification: gar‧pu

garpu (plural garpu-garpu)

1. fork (eating utensil with spikes)

   Synonym: porok

• “garpu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese garfo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin graphium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarpu/ [ˈɡar.pu]
• Rhymes: -pu, -u

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: gar‧pu

garpu (Jawi spelling ݢرڤو, plural garpu-garpu)

1. fork (eating utensil with spikes)

• Indonesian: garpu

• “garpu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.