purwarupa
Indonesian
Etymology
From purwa- (“beginning”) + rupa (“shape”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pur‧wa‧ru‧pa
Noun
purwarupa (first-person possessive purwarupaku, second-person possessive purwarupamu, third-person possessive purwarupanya)
- prototype
- Synonym: prototipe
Descendants
- → Malay: purbarupa (semi-learned)
Further reading
- “purwarupa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.