ketela pohon

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of ketela +‎ pohon, calque from Chinese 木薯 (“cassava”, literally “tree + potato; yam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈtɛla ˈpohɔn]

Noun

ketela pohon (first-person possessive ketela pohonku, second-person possessive ketela pohonmu, third-person possessive ketela pohonnya)

1. cassava

   Synonyms: kaspe, kasava, singkong, ubi kayu

Further reading

• “ketela pohon” 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.