pamali

Sundanese

Alternative forms
  • ᮕᮙᮜᮤ (pamali) – Sundanese script

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pali (“taboo”) through the addition of the fossilized infix -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palihi, from Proto-Austronesian *paliSi (“taboo, ritual restriction; purifying rite”). Cognate with Indonesian and Malay pemali and Bima pamali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pamali/

Noun

pamali

  1. taboo; a ban based on social customs or spiritual reasons.
    Tong ulin di luar wayah sareupna, pamali.
    Don't play outside when it gets dark, it's taboo.
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