pemali
Malay
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəmali/
- Rhymes: -mali, -ali, -li
Noun
pemali (Jawi spelling ڤمالي)
- taboo
Synonyms
- pantang larang
- larangan
Descendants
- Indonesian: pemali
- → Bima: pamali
Further reading
- “pemali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.