minoet

Sundanese

Etymology

From Dutch minuut. Displaced by menit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnut/

Noun

minoet (pre-1947 spelling)

1. Obsolete form of menit (“minute”).

   saminoet ― one minute

   • 1921, “Roepa-roepa kanjaho”, in Volksalmanak Soenda III, Bale Poestaka, Njaroekeun Waktoe, page 154:

     Lamoen di Batawi poekoel 12 beurang, di:
     AMSTERDAM...... poekoel 5 isoek leuwih 10 minoet

     If it is 12 o'clock noon in Batavia, in:
     AMSTERDAM...... ten [minutes] past five in the morning

Further reading

• "MINOET", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij