punah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay punah, from Sanskrit पून (pūna, “destroyed”), पू (pū, “to destroy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpunah]
- Hyphenation: pu‧nah
Adjective
punah
- extinct, no longer in existence; having died out.
- Bagaimana makhluk hidup tersebut dapat punah? ― How can that living thing be extinct?
- Synonyms: binasa, lenyap, musnah
Affixed terms
- kepunahan
- memunahkan
- pemunahan
Further reading
- “punah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.