penyu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay penyu, from Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.
Noun
penyu (first-person possessive penyuku, second-person possessive penyumu, third-person possessive penyunya)
- sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu. Cognate with Brunei Malay panyu, and Pattani Malay and Terengganu Malay piyung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəɲu/
- Rhymes: -əɲu, -ɲu, -u
Noun
penyu (Jawi spelling ڤڽو, plural penyu-penyu, informal 1st possessive penyuku, 2nd possessive penyumu, 3rd possessive penyunya)
- sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)
Descendants
- Indonesian: penyu
See also
- labi-labi
- tuntung
- kura-kura
References
- "penyu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “penyu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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