parahu

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀaqu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.hu/
• Rhymes: -hu
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧hu

Noun

parahu

1. boat

Derived terms

• amarahwakĕn
• aparahu
• maparahu

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦲꦸ (prau) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬧ᭄ᬭᬳᬸ (prahu)
• → Classical Malay: ڤراهو (pĕrahu)
  • Malay: perahu, perau
    • Indonesian: perahu
    • → Min Nan: 婆荖 (pô͘-láu)
  • Malay: perau
    • → Portuguese: parão
      • → English: proa, parao, perahu, prahu, prau, prow
    • → Dutch: prauw
  • → Acehnese: peurahö, prahö
  • → Sundanese: parahu
  • → Toba Batak: ᯇᯒᯥ

Further reading

• "parahu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀaqu.

Noun

parahu (Sundanese script ᮕᮛᮠᮥ)

1. boat, vessel

Derived terms

• marahu
• paparahuan
• Tangkuban Parahu

Further reading

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