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Makasar
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)
- flying fox.
- (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