avokad
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch avocado, from American Spanish avocado, altered —by folk-etymological association with abogado (“lawyer”)— from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [avokat̚]
- (common) IPA(key): [afokat̚]
- Hyphenation: avo‧kad
Noun
avokad (first-person possessive avokadku, second-person possessive avokadmu, third-person possessive avokadnya)
- the avocado fruit
- the avocado, Persea americana, tree
Alternative forms
- advokat (nonstandard)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “avokad” 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.
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