foniks

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of feniks and funiks.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfoniks/ [ˈfo.niks]
  • Rhymes: -oniks
  • Syllabification: fo‧niks

Noun

foniks (plural foniks-foniks)

  1. phoenix:
    1. (mythology) a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes
    2. (mythology) a mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang

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