petrus
See also: Petrus
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of penembak (“shooter”) + misterius (“mysterious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈtrʊs/
- Hyphenation: pêt‧rus
Noun
petrus
- (historical) extrajudicial official executioner
- (historical) syllabic abbreviation of penembakan misterius (literally “mysterious shooting”)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “petrus” 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.
Welsh
Adjective
petrus (feminine singular petrus, plural petrus, equative petrused, comparative petrusach, superlative petrusaf)
Derived terms
- petruso (“to hesitate, to doubt”)
- petruster (“hesitancy, diffidence”)
- petrusog (“doubtful, dubious”)