pakuncen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦏꦸꦚ꧀ꦕꦺꦤ꧀ (pakuncén), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā). Equivalent to kunci +‎ peng- -an. Doublet of penguncian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paˈkʊnt͡ʃɛn]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧kun‧cèn

Noun

pakuncèn (plural pakuncen-pakuncen)

  1. (Java) graveyard caretaker

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.