punah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay punah, from Sanskrit पून (pūna, “destroyed”), पू (pū, “to destroy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpunah]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧nah

Adjective

punah

  1. extinct, no longer in existence; having died out
    Synonyms: binasa, lenyap, musnah
    Bagaimana makhluk hidup tersebut dapat punah? ― How can that living thing be extinct?

Affixed terms

  • kepunahan
  • memunahkan
  • pemunahan

Further reading

Sundanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpunah]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧nah

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (puṇṇa, “full”), from Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa, “full, fulfilled, complete”). Compare Pali puṇṇa, Hindi पून (pūn)

Adjective

punah (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮔᮂ)

  1. paid off; settled (of a debt)

Etymology 2

From Indonesian punah (“extinct”).

Adjective

punah (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮔᮂ)

  1. (more common) extinct, no longer in existence.
    Synonyms: carem, tumpur
    Maung Bali téh geus punah ti taun 1900-an
    The Bali tiger already went extinct in the 1900s

Further reading

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