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, first-person possessive purwakantiku, second-person possessive purwakantimu, third-person possessive purwakantinya)

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

   Synonym: asonansi

Further reading

• “purwakanti” 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.