pepet

See also: Pepet

Balinese

Noun

pepet (Balinese script ᬧᭂᬧᭂᬢ᭄)

1. schwa

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay pepet, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet, “/ə/ sound diacritic; blocked; clogging; crowded”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (pepet) for blocked; closed senses.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈpət/ [pəˈpət̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ət
• Syllabification: pe‧pet

Noun

pêpêt (plural pepet-pepet)

1. schwa

Adjective

pêpêt (comparative lebih pepet, superlative paling pepet)

1. (dialect) blocked

   Synonym: buntu

2. (dialect) closed

   Synonym: tertutup

3. (figurative) lose one's mind

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay (Bangka) [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈpət/ [pəˈpət̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ət
• Syllabification: pe‧pet

Noun

pêpêt (plural pepet-pepet)

1. leftover wood from clearing land that has not been burned is arranged straight across the field as a marker for planting routes

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Betawi pèpèt (“to get closer, to corner”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpepet/ [ˈpe.pɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -epet
• Syllabification: pe‧pet

Verb

pepet

1. to close; to narrow

Derived terms

• dipepet
• dipepeti
• dipepetkan
• kepepet
• memepet
• memepeti
• memepetkan
• terpepet

Further reading

• “pepet”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

pepet

1. romanization of ꦥꦼꦥꦼꦠ꧀