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Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as pangku + -an, from Javanese pangkon (ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀, “virama”, literally “lap”) and Balinese pangkon (ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓᭀᬦ᭄, literally “lap”), from Old Javanese paṅkwan, paṅkon (“lap”). Doublet of pangkuan.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pang‧kon
Noun
pangkon (uncountable)
- (dialect, Java) virama: the diacritic used to suppress the inherent vowel that otherwise occurs with every consonant letter.
- (dialect, music, Bali) hollow wood, the upper part is used to place the metal blades of gamelan, saron, and so on, acting as a sound maker.
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