pengawabau

Indonesian

Etymology

From peng- (“-er”) +‎ awa- (“lost, free from”) +‎ bau (“smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəŋaˈwabau̯/ [pə.ŋaˈwa.bau̯]
• Rhymes: -abau̯
• Syllabification: pe‧nga‧wa‧bau

Noun

pêngawabau (plural pengawabau-pengawabau)

1. (neologism, rare) synonym of deodoran

Further reading

• “pengawabau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016