potehi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 布袋戲／布袋戏 (pò͘-tē-hì, “glove puppetry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈtɛhi]
• Hyphenation: po‧tè‧hi

Noun

potèhi (plural potehi-potehi)

1. Chinese glove puppetry

Further reading

• “potehi”, 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