sundalaʼ

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Makasar

Etymology

From Malay sundal, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀ (sundel, “prostitute”), from Old Javanese sundĕl (“prostitute”), caṇḍāla (“wicked”), from Sanskrit चाण्डाल (cāṇḍāla, “outcast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsundalaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: sun‧da‧laʼ

Noun

sundalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨔᨘᨉᨒ)

  1. (offensive) whore, prostitute

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Further reading

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