avokad

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch avocado, from American Spanish avocado, altered —by folk-etymological association with abogado (“lawyer”)— from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [avokat̚]
• (common) IPA^(key): [afokat̚]
• Hyphenation: avo‧kad

Noun

avokad (first-person possessive avokadku, second-person possessive avokadmu, third-person possessive avokadnya)

1. the avocado fruit
2. the avocado, Persea americana, tree

Alternative forms

• advokat (nonstandard)

Synonyms

• alpukat

Further reading

• “avokad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.