pepet
See also: Pepet
Balinese
Noun
pepet (Balinese script ᬧᭂᬧᭂᬢ᭄)
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay pepet, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet, “/ə/ sound diacritic; blocked; clogging; crowded”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet) for blocked; closed senses.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəˈpət/ [pəˈpət̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ət
- Syllabification: pe‧pet
Noun
pêpêt (plural pepet-pepet)
Adjective
pêpêt (comparative lebih pepet, superlative paling pepet)
- (dialect) blocked
- Synonym: buntu
- (dialect) closed
- Synonym: tertutup
- (figurative) lose one's mind
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Betawi pèpèt (“to get closer, to corner”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpepet/ [ˈpe.pɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -epet
- Syllabification: pe‧pet
Verb
pepet
Derived terms
- dipepet
- dipepeti
- dipepetkan
- kepepet
- memepet
- memepeti
- memepetkan
- terpepet
Further reading
- “pepet” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
pepet
- romanization of ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀