katuhu

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	tengen
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	katuhu
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“right, true”). Doublet of tuhu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katuˈhu/

Adjective

katuhu (Sundanese script ᮊᮒᮥᮠᮥ)

1. right (opposite of left)

   Antonym: kénca

   asa pingges leungeun katuhu

   to lose a trusted person

   (literally, “to feel a fracture in the right hand”)

Further reading

• "katuhu" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia