pangkon

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as pangku +‎ -an, from Javanese pangkon (ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀, “virama”, literally “lap”) and Balinese pangkon (ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓᭀᬦ᭄, literally “lap”), from Old Javanese paṅkwan, paṅkon (“lap”). Doublet of pangkuan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaŋkɔn]
• Hyphenation: pang‧kon

Noun

pangkon (first-person possessive pangkonku, second-person possessive pangkonmu, third-person possessive pangkonnya)

1. (dialect, Java) virama: the diacritic used to suppress the inherent vowel that otherwise occurs with every consonant letter.
2. (dialect, music, Bali) hollow wood, the upper part is used to place the metal blades of gamelan, saron, and so on, acting as a sound maker.

Further reading

• “pangkon” 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.