purwakanti
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of purwa + kanti, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]purwakanti (plural purwakanti-purwakanti)
- (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
- Synonym: asonansi
Further reading
[edit]- “purwakanti” 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.