pelepah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pelepah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.lə.ˈpah/
• Rhymes: -pah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: pê‧lê‧pah

Noun

pêlêpah (plural pelepah-pelepah, first-person possessive pelepahku, second-person possessive pelepahmu, third-person possessive pelepahnya)

1. frond

Alternative forms

• pelapah

Derived terms

• berpelepah

 

• pelepah daun

 

Further reading

• “pelepah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pələpah/
• Rhymes: -əpah, -pah, -ah

Noun

pelepah (Jawi spelling ڤلڤه, plural pelepah-pelepah, informal 1st possessive pelepahku, 2nd possessive pelepahmu, 3rd possessive pelepahnya)

1. (daun ~) frond
2. (bulu ~) feather

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• memelepah [agent focus] (meN-)
• berpelepah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pelepah

Further reading

• “pelepah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.