ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀

Javanese

pêtis

Etymology

Probably form Old Javanese pa- +‎ tis, tes (“drop”). Cognate of Tagalog patis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.tɪs/
• Rhymes: -tɪs, -ɪs, -s
• Hyphenation: pe‧tis

Noun

ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (petis)

1. (cooking) black-coloured shrimp paste.

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “petis”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN