kuintal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kwintaal, from Middle French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centēnārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwintal/
• Hyphenation: kuin‧tal
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

kuintal (first-person possessive kuintalku, second-person possessive kuintalmu, third-person possessive kuintalnya)

1. hundredweight, quintal.

Alternative forms

• kintal, kwintal

Further reading

• “kuintal” 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.