pelepah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • pelapah

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pelepah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pələˈpah/ [pə.ləˈpah]
  • Rhymes: -ah
  • Syllabification: pe‧le‧pah

Noun

pêlêpah (plural pelepah-pelepah)

  1. frond

Derived terms

  • berpelepah (“fronded”)
  • pelepah daun

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaqpaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pələpah/
  • Rhymes: -ah

Noun

pelepah (Jawi spelling ڤلڤه, plural pelepah-pelepah)

  1. (daun ~) frond
  2. (bulu ~) feather

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • memelepah [agent focus] (meN-)
  • berpelepah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pelepah

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaqpaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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