เปอญู
Urak Lawoi'
Alternative forms
- ปือญู (Phuket Old People)
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu (“sea turtle”); compare Malay penyu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəɲu/, [pəˈɲu]
Noun
เปอญู (penyu)
- (Sangka-u, Adang) sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)
Further reading
- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 143