kertau

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• karatau (nonstandard)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kərˈtau̯/
• Rhymes: -tau̯
• Hyphenation: kêr‧tau

Noun

kêrtau

1. king white mulberry, shahtoot mulberry, Tibetan mulberry, long mulberry (Morus macroura; flowering plant species in the genus Morus found in Tibet, the Himalayas, mountainous area of Indonesia, and rain forests of Indochina)

   Synonym: andalas

2. mulberry (any of several trees, of the genus Morus)

   Synonyms: murbei, besar, besaran

Further reading

• “kertau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016