pisau

Indonesian

pisau

Etymology

From Malay pisau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpisau̯]

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• Hyphenation: pi‧sau

Noun

pisau (first-person possessive pisauku, second-person possessive pisaumu, third-person possessive pisaunya)

1. knife

Further reading

• “pisau” 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.

Lithuanian

Verb

pisau

1. first-person singular past of pisti

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pisaw (“kind of knife or machete”) reconstructed by Robert Blust. He included several reflexes in Oceanic languages (cf. Bola viso (“knife”) and Nakanai la-viso (“knife”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.sau̯/
• Rhymes: -isau̯, -sau̯, -au̯

Noun

pisau (Jawi spelling ڤيساو, plural pisau-pisau, informal 1st possessive pisauku, 2nd possessive pisaumu, 3rd possessive pisaunya)

1. knife

Descendants

• Indonesian: pisau

Further reading

• “pisau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈsaw]

Verb

pisau

1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of pisa