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Indonesian
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ban‧dêl
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀, ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝꦼꦭ꧀ (bandel, bandhel, “obstinate, stubborn; undisciplined, disobedient; brave”), probably from Old Javanese waṅhĕl (“braced up, obstinate”), waṅal.
Adjective
bandêl
- stubborn
- Synonyms: kepala batu, badung
- (chiefly Jakarta) durable (of automobile or motorcycle engine)
- Synonym: awet
- (of poultry) not easily get sick, resistant to diseases
- (of children) disobedience
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
bandêl (first-person possessive bandelku, second-person possessive bandelmu, third-person possessive bandelnya)
- nonstandard spelling of bundel (“bundle”).
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