pupuh

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh, “song; eye drop; to hit; to war; to fight”), from Old Javanese pupuh (“stroke, blow; fight, battle; musical mallet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊ.pʊh/
• Rhymes: -pʊh
• Hyphenation: pu‧puh

Noun

pupuh (plural pupuh-pupuh, first-person possessive pupuhku, second-person possessive pupuhmu, third-person possessive pupuhnya)

1. (literature, music) songs that are bound by the number of syllables in one verse, the number of lines, and the game of the song

Verb

pupuh

1. to hit
2. to do cockfighting

Derived terms

• berpupuh
• memperpupuhkan
• memupuh

 

Further reading

• “pupuh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

pupuh

1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ