putih

putih

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /putih/
• Hyphenation: pu‧tih

Adjective

putih

1. white (bright and colourless)
2. fair (skin tone), fair-skinned

Synonyms

• (skin tone) cerah

Noun

putih

1. white (colour)

Antonyms

• (colour) itam (“black”)

Hypernyms

• warna (“colour”)

Derived terms

• urang putih

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih (“white”), from Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈput̪ɪh]
• Hyphenation: pu‧tih

Adjective

putih

1. white:
   1. bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
   2. (figurative) pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. (of face)

      Synonym: pucat

2. (figurative) pure.

   Synonyms: murni, suci

Noun

putih (first-person possessive putihku, second-person possessive putihmu, third-person possessive putihnya)

1. white (colour)

Derived terms

• keputihan
• keputih-putihan
• memutih
• memutihkan
• pemutih
• pemutihan

 

• putih bersih
• putih hati
• putih kuning
• putih lesi
• putih meta
• putih metah
• putih telur

 

• air putih

 

Related terms

• putau

 

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)

putih	abu-abu	hitam
merah; merah tua, kirmizi	jingga, oranye; cokelat	kuning; krem
hijau limau	hijau	hijau mint; hijau tua
sian; teal, hijau kebiruan	biru langit, nilakandi	biru
violet, ungu lembayung; nila, ungu lembayung	magenta, merah keunguan; ungu	merah jambu, merah muda

Further reading

• “putih” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦥꦸꦠꦶꦃ
• Roman: poetih

Etymology

From Old Javanese putih (“white”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

putih (ngoko putih, krama pethak)

1. white

   Synonym: séta

References

• “[ putih]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

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Malay

Alternative forms

• puteh

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /puteh/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /putɪh/
• Rhymes: -uteh, -teh, -eh

Adjective

putih (Jawi spelling ڤوتيه‎)

1. white (bright and colourless)

Synonyms

• abiad / abyad / ابيض‎

Descendants

• Indonesian: putih

Noun

putih (Jawi spelling ڤوتيه‎, plural putih-putih, informal 1st possessive putihku, 2nd possessive putihmu, 3rd possessive putihnya)

1. white (colour)

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Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

putih

1. white (bright and colourless)

Noun

putih

1. white (colour)