penyu

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

penyu (first-person possessive penyuku, second-person possessive penyumu, third-person possessive penyunya)

1. sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

Malay

Etymology

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): /pəɲu/
• Rhymes: -əɲu, -ɲu, -u

Noun

penyu (Jawi spelling ڤڽو, plural penyu-penyu, informal 1st possessive penyuku, 2nd possessive penyumu, 3rd possessive penyunya)

1. sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

Descendants

• Indonesian: penyu

See also

• labi-labi
• tuntung
• kura-kura

References

• "penyu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “penyu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.