pupuh

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh, “song; eye drop; to hit; to war; to fight”), from Old Javanese pupuh (“stroke, blow; fight, battle; musical mallet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊ.pʊh/
  • Rhymes: -pʊh
  • Hyphenation: pu‧puh

Noun

pupuh (plural pupuh-pupuh)

  1. (literature, music) songs that are bound by the number of syllables in one verse, the number of lines, and the game of the song

Verb

pupuh

  1. to hit
  2. to do cockfighting

Derived terms

  • berpupuh
  • memperpupuhkan
  • memupuh

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

pupuh

  1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ
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