purwakanti
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of purwa + kanti, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpurwakanti (plural purwakanti-purwakanti, first-person possessive purwakantiku, second-person possessive purwakantimu, third-person possessive purwakantinya)
- (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
- Synonym: asonansi
Further reading
edit- “purwakanti” 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.