penyu

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay penyu, from Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈɲu/ [pəˈɲu]

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: pe‧nyu

Noun

penyu (plural penyu-penyu)

1. sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

Further reading

• “penyu”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu. Cognate with Brunei Malay panyu, and Pattani Malay and Terengganu Malay piyung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɲu/ [pəˈɲu]
• Rhymes: -ɲu, -u
• Hyphenation: pe‧nyu

Noun

penyu (Jawi spelling ڤڽو, plural penyu-penyu or penyu²)

1. sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: penyu (inherited)

See also

• labi-labi
• tuntung
• kura-kura

References

• “penyu”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• “penyu”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017