perepat

Indonesian

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perepat

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay perepat (“Sonneratia alba”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərəˈpat/ [pə.rəˈpat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧pat

Noun

perepat (plural perepat-perepat)

1. (botany) Sonneratia alba

   Synonym: pidada putih

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Musi [Term?], from Javanese ꦥꦽꦥꦠ꧀ (prepat, “neighbour; follower, servant”), from Old Javanese parĕpat (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərəˈpat/ [pə.rəˈpat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧pat

Noun

perepat (plural perepat-perepat)

1. (archaic) friend

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

Further reading

• “perepat”, 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