purwarupa

Indonesian

Etymology

From purwa- (“beginning”) +‎ rupa (“shape”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pur‧wa‧ru‧pa

Noun

purwarupa (first-person possessive purwarupaku, second-person possessive purwarupamu, third-person possessive purwarupanya)

1. prototype

   Synonym: prototipe

Descendants

• → Malay: purbarupa (semi-learned)

Further reading

• “purwarupa” 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.