papatong
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sundanese ᮕᮕᮒᮧᮀ (papatong). Cognate of Malay pepatung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈpatɔŋ/
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧tong
- Rhymes: -tɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ
Noun
papatong (plural papatong-papatong, first-person possessive papatongku, second-person possessive papatongmu, third-person possessive papatongnya)
- dragonfly
Synonyms
- capung
- sibar
- sibur-sibur
- sipatung
- pepatung (Standard Malay)
Further reading
- “papatong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.