lintah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lintah, from Proto-Malayic *lintah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNi-məCaq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlintah/ [ˈlin.t̪ah]
• Rhymes: -intah
• Syllabification: lin‧tah

Noun

lintah (first-person possessive lintahku, second-person possessive lintahmu, third-person possessive lintahnya)

1. leech (annelid)

Derived terms

• melintah

 

• lintah darat
• lintah perca

 

Further reading

• “lintah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lintah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNi-məCaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lintah/
• Rhymes: -intah, -tah, -ah

Noun

lintah (Jawi spelling لينته, plural lintah-lintah, informal 1st possessive lintahku, 2nd possessive lintahmu, 3rd possessive lintahnya)

1. leech (annelid)

Further reading

• “lintah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.