purwakanti

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of purwa +‎ kanti, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊr.wa.ˈkan.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ti
  • Hyphenation: pur‧wa‧kan‧ti

Noun

purwakanti (plural purwakanti-purwakanti)

  1. (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry
    Synonym: asonansi

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