penunggu
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]peng- + tunggu (“to wait, wait for, await”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəˈnuŋɡu/ [pəˈnuŋ.ɡu]
- Rhymes: -uŋɡu
- Syllabification: pe‧nung‧gu
Noun
[edit]pênunggu
- waiter, awaiter
- (figurative, of a place) tutelary (a guardian spirit)
- (figurative, obsolete) inhabitant, dweller