sundalaʼ

Makasar

Etymology

From Malay sundal, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦭ꧀ (sundel, “prostitute”), from Old Javanese sundĕl (“prostitute”), caṇḍāla (“wicked”), from Sanskrit चाण्डाल (cāṇḍāla, “outcast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsundalaʔ/, [ˈsũn.da.laʔ]
• Hyphenation: sun‧da‧laʼ

Noun

sundalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨔᨘᨉᨒ)

1. (offensive) whore, prostitute

Affixations

• assundalaʼ
• passundallang
• pasundalaʼ

Compounds

• anaʼ sundalaʼ

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI