pesawat

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pesawat

Etymology edit

Affixed peng- +‎ sawat (“rope”), inherited from Malay pesawat, from Classical Malay pesawat (“rope”). Semantic loan from English airplane for engineering sense (compare to Hindi विमान (vimān, “airplane, aircraft, airliner, jet”), Tamil விமானம் (vimāṉam, “airplane; the mount or vehicle of a god”), Sanskrit विमान (vimāna, “airplane, aircraft; a car or chariot of the gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car”, literally “measure”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pə.ˈsa.wat̚/
Rhymes: -wat, -at, -t
Hyphenation: pê‧sa‧wat

Noun edit

pêsawat (plural pesawat-pesawat, first-person possessive pesawatku, second-person possessive pesawatmu, third-person possessive pesawatnya)

(physics) machine
Synonym: mesin
ellipsis of pesawat terbang (“airplane”).
rope
Synonym: tali

Derived terms edit

berpesawat

compound words