suket

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsukət̚/
• Hyphenation: su‧kêt

Noun

sukêt (plural suket-suket)

1. syllabic abbreviation of surat keterangan (“certificate”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦼꦠ꧀ (suket, “grass”), from Old Javanese sukĕt (“grass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsukət̚/
• Hyphenation: su‧kêt

Noun

sukêt (plural suket-suket)

1. (dialect) synonym of rumput (“grass”)

Etymology 3

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsukɛt/ [ˈsu.kɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ukɛt
• Syllabification: su‧ket

Noun

suket (plural suket-suket)

1. (zoology) red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil, sago palm weevil: (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)

Further reading

• “suket”, 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

suket

1. romanization of ꦱꦸꦏꦼꦠ꧀