panglayar

Sundanese

Etymology

From pang- +‎ layar. Named after its sail-like shape akin to a proa, also the final /r/ voice at the end of layar.

Noun

panglayar (Sundanese script ᮕᮍᮣᮚᮁ)

  1. matchmaker (someone who finds suitable love partners for other people.)
  2. (linguistics, in Sundanese script) A diacritic ⟨◌ ᮁ⟩ signifying the addition of the final /r/ sound at the end of a letter.
    (na) + ◌ ᮁ (panglayar) → ᮔᮁ (nar)

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