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Makasar

Etymology

Cognate with Sasak lekoq (betel leaf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlekoʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: le‧koʼ

Noun

lekoʼ (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨀᨚ)

  1. leaf (in general)
    Synonym: raung (Turatea, Bantaeng, poetry)
  2. (specifically) betel leaf
  3. anything that resembles a leaf (e.g., flat surfaces of a door or window; disc of the sun and moon)

Usage notes

  • The Makassar Standard dialect is the only one that interprets it as a leaf in general and a betel leaf in particular. Other dialects only interpret it as a betel leaf.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN