penyu

Inherited from Malay penyu, from Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈɲu/ [pəˈɲu]

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: pe‧nyu

penyu (plural penyu-penyu)

1. sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

• “penyu” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu. Cognate with Brunei Malay panyu, and Pattani Malay and Terengganu Malay piyung.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɲu/ [pəˈɲu]
• Rhymes: -ɲu, -u
• Hyphenation: pe‧nyu

penyu (Jawi spelling ڤڽو, plural penyu-penyu)

1. sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

• > Indonesian: penyu (inherited)

• labi-labi
• tuntung
• kura-kura

• "penyu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “penyu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.