punah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay punah, from Sanskrit पून (pūna, “destroyed”), पू (pū, “to destroy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpunah]
• Hyphenation: pu‧nah

Adjective

punah

1. extinct, no longer in existence; having died out.

   Synonyms: binasa, lenyap, musnah

   Bagaimana makhluk hidup tersebut dapat punah? ― How can that living thing be extinct?

Affixed terms

• kepunahan
• memunahkan
• pemunahan

 

Further reading

• “punah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.