paʼnyiki

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Makasar

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paniki (fruit bat, flying fox: Pteropus spp.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaʔɲiki/,
  • Hyphenation: paʼ‧nyi‧ki

Noun

paʼnyiki (Lontara spelling ᨄᨎᨗᨀᨗ)

  1. flying fox.
  2. (figurative) someone who has an unpleasant sweat smell in the armpits like the smell of a flying fox.

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Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, Brill, →DOI