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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ (pupuh, “song; eye drop; to hit; to war; to fight”), from Old Javanese pupuh (“stroke, blow; fight, battle; musical mallet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʊ.pʊh/
- Rhymes: -pʊh
- Hyphenation: pu‧puh
Noun
pupuh (plural pupuh-pupuh, first-person possessive pupuhku, second-person possessive pupuhmu, third-person possessive pupuhnya)
- (literature, music) songs that are bound by the number of syllables in one verse, the number of lines, and the game of the song
Verb
pupuh
- to hit
- to do cockfighting
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
pupuh
- Romanization of ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦃ