pepet
See also: Pepet
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Malay pepet (“/ə/ sound diacritic”), most likely from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet, “/ə/ sound diacritic; blocked; clogging; crowded”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet) for blocked; closed senses.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêpêt (plural pepet-pepet, first-person possessive pepetku, second-person possessive pepetmu, third-person possessive pepetnya)
- /ə/ sound diacritic
Adjective edit
pêpêt
- (dialect) blocked
- Synonym: buntu
- (dialect) closed
- Synonym: tertutup
- (figurative) lose one's mind
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Betawi [Term?], most likely from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet, “/ə/ sound diacritic; blocked; clogging; crowded”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pepet
- to close
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pepet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
pepet
- Romanization of ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀