putau

Indonesian

Etymology

Alternated from putih (“white”), inherited from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih (“white”), from Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.tau̯/
• Rhymes: -tau̯, -au̯, -u
• Hyphenation: pu‧tau

Noun

putau (plural putau-putau, first-person possessive putauku, second-person possessive putaumu, third-person possessive putaunya)

1. (colloquial, slang) heroin

   Synonym: heroin

Alternative forms

• putaw

Related terms

• sakau

 

Further reading

• “putau” 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.