pakpui
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Hokkien 卜杯 (pok poe, literally “to divine moon blocks”), from 卜 (pok, “to divine”) + 杯 (poe, “moon blocks”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pakpui (first-person possessive pakpuiku, second-person possessive pakpuimu, third-person possessive pakpuinya)
- (Chinese folk religion, Taoism) divination
- Synonym: ramalan
Further reading edit
- “pakpui” 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.