pangkon
Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as pangku + -an, from Javanese pangkon (ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀, “virama”, literally “lap”) and Balinese pangkon (ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓᭀᬦ᭄, literally “lap”), from Old Javanese paṅkwan, paṅkon (“lap”). Doublet of pangkuan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpaŋkɔn]
- Hyphenation: pang‧kon
Noun
pangkon (first-person possessive pangkonku, second-person possessive pangkonmu, third-person possessive pangkonnya)
- (dialect, Java) virama: the diacritic used to suppress the inherent vowel that otherwise occurs with every consonant letter.
- (dialect, music, Bali) hollow wood, the upper part is used to place the metal blades of gamelan, saron, and so on, acting as a sound maker.
Further reading
- “pangkon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.