pelepah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• pelapah

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pelepah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pələˈpah/ [pə.ləˈpah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: pe‧le‧pah

Noun

pêlêpah (plural pelepah-pelepah)

1. frond

Derived terms

• berpelepah (“fronded”)

• pelepah daun

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaqpaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “pelepah”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pələpah/
• Rhymes: -ah

Noun

pelepah (Jawi spelling ڤلڤه, plural pelepah-pelepah or pelepah²)

1. (daun ~) frond
2. (bulu ~) feather

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• memelepah [agent focus] (meN-)
• berpelepah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pelepah

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaqpaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• "pelepah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017