alpukat
Indonesian
editAlternative forms
edit- adpokat, advokat, alpokat (nonstandard)
- alpoekat (dated spelling)
Etymology
editInherited from Dutch East Indies Malay, there are several possibilities:
- influenced from an archaic word of Sundanese alpoekat (“advocate”), from Dutch advocaat (“attorney, lawyer”)
- from Arabic الْأَفُوكَاتَة (al-ʔafūkāta, “avocado”), a variant of أفوكادو
- from corruption of Dutch avocado (“avocado”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalpukat
- avocado
- Synonym: avokad
- the large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree
- the avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family
Further reading
edit- “alpukat” 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.
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