palsu

• palsoe (1901–1947)

From Malay palsu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.su/, [ˈpal.su]
• Hyphenation: pal‧su

palsu (comparative lebih palsu, superlative paling palsu)

1. false; fraudulent; fake
   1. (of status); by using a fake identity (fake police, etc)

      Synonym: gadungan

      Antonym: asli

2. spurious, artificial; false
3. a copy; something that is not the real thing; imitation

   Synonyms: lancung, tiruan

   Antonym: asli

4. not honest; dishonest

   Synonym: curang

   Antonym: jujur

5. (of voice) displeasing to the ear; ugly

   Synonym: sumbang

   Antonym: merdu

• “palsu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese falso (“untrue, fake”).

• Rhymes: -u

palsu (Jawi spelling ڤلسو)

1. false
2. fake

• Indonesian: palsu
• Peranakan Indonesian: palsoe

• “palsu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From palsi (“to be sick”) +‎ -w (3rd-person).

palsu anim (plural palsiyòk)

1. (intransitive) third-person singular of palsi: he/she is sick or ill

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “palsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project