penghapus

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ hapus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəŋˈhapʊs]
• Hyphenation: pêng‧ha‧pus

Noun

pênghapus (plural penghapus-penghapus, first-person possessive penghapusku, second-person possessive penghapusmu, third-person possessive penghapusnya)

1. eraser:
   1. a thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
   2. a thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard, by marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
2. blade (a part of windscreen wiper)

Synonyms

• (eraser): pemadam (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “penghapus” 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.