pangkon

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Reconstructed as pangku +‎ -an, from Javanese pangkon (ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀, virama, literally lap) and Balinese pangkon (ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓᭀᬦ᭄, literally lap), from Old Javanese paṅkwan, paṅkon (lap). Doublet of pangkuan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpaŋkɔn]
  • Hyphenation: pang‧kon

Noun

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pangkon (first-person possessive pangkonku, second-person possessive pangkonmu, third-person possessive pangkonnya)

  1. (dialect, Java) virama: the diacritic used to suppress the inherent vowel that otherwise occurs with every consonant letter.
  2. (dialect, music, Bali) hollow wood, the upper part is used to place the metal blades of gamelan, saron, and so on, acting as a sound maker.

Further reading

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