panghulu

Sundanese

Etymology

• From pang- +‎ hulu. Compare Indonesian penghulu, Tagalog pangulo (“president”).
• Sense of diacritic is named after its placement at the top (or head) of the letter.

Noun

panghulu (Sundanese script ᮕᮀᮠᮥᮜᮥ)

1. chief, head, leader (especially of religious affairs, mainly Islamic)
2. a diacritic (rarangkén) ⟨◌ᮤ⟩ signifying the vowel /i/ in the Sundanese script.

   ‎ᮔ (na) + ‎◌ᮤ (i) → ᮔᮦ (ni)

See also

• (Sundanese script diacritics) rarangkén/ᮛᮛᮀᮊᮦᮔ᮪; panghulu ⟨ ◌ᮤ ⟩, panyuku ⟨ ◌ ᮥ ⟩, panéléng ⟨ ◌ᮦ ⟩, panolong ⟨ ◌ᮧ ⟩, pamepet ⟨ ◌ ᮨ ⟩, paneuleung ⟨ ◌ ᮩ ⟩, pamaéh ⟨ ◌᮪ ⟩, panglayar ⟨ ◌ ᮁ ⟩, panyecek ⟨ ◌ ᮀ ⟩, panyakra ⟨ ◌ ᮢ ⟩, panyiku ⟨ ◌ ᮣ ⟩ pamingkal ⟨ ◌ ᮡ ⟩, pangwisad ⟨ ◌ᮂ ⟩ ^{(Category: su:Diacritical marks)}

Further reading

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