bintangur

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bintaŋur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bintaŋuʀ, variant of *bitaquʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bintaŋor/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bintaŋʊr/
• Hyphenation: bin‧ta‧ngur
• Rhymes: -taŋor, -aŋor, -ŋor

Noun

bintangur (Jawi spelling بينتاڠور)

1. hardwoood trees of genus Calophyllum, of which the timber makes good masts.

Synonyms

• penaga laut
• bakakol (Sarawak)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bintangur

References

• "bintangur" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “bintangur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.