bandel
Indonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀, ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝꦼꦭ꧀ (bandel, bandhel, “obstinate, stubborn; undisciplined, disobedient; brave”), probably from Old Javanese waṅhĕl (“braced up, obstinate”), waṅal.
Adjective
editbandêl
- stubborn
- Synonyms: kepala batu, badung
- (chiefly Jakarta) durable (of automobile or motorcycle engine)
- Synonym: awet
- (of poultry) not easily get sick, resistant to deseases
- (of children) disobedience
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editbandêl (first-person possessive bandelku, second-person possessive bandelmu, third-person possessive bandelnya)
- nonstandard spelling of bundel (“bundle”).
Further reading
edit- “bandel” 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.