putau
Indonesian
Etymology
Alternated from putih (“white”), inherited from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih (“white”), from Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.tau̯/
- Rhymes: -tau̯, -au̯, -u
- Hyphenation: pu‧tau
Noun
putau (plural putau-putau, first-person possessive putauku, second-person possessive putaumu, third-person possessive putaunya)
- (colloquial, slang) heroin
- Synonym: heroin
Alternative forms
- putaw
Related terms
- sakau
Further reading
- “putau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.