kuntau

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 拳頭／拳头 (kûn-thâu, “fist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊntau]
• Hyphenation: kun‧tau

Noun

kuntau (first-person possessive kuntauku, second-person possessive kuntaumu, third-person possessive kuntaunya)

1. Chinese art of self-defense.

Further reading

• “kuntau” 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.