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puput.

reed-whistle (a flute-like wind instrument (made from rice stalks/ coconut palm leaves, etc.))

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpuput/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpu.pʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. reed-whistle (a flute-like wind instrument (made from rice stalks/ coconut palm leaves, etc.))

  2. flute

  3. whistle

  4. the traditional tin smelting method on Bangka Island is carried out by sprinkling tin sand little by little into a furnace in the form of a hole in the ground filled with coals. The coals are kept burning by blowing air through a hollowed-out log so that it resembles a pipe.

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay puput, from Minangkabau [Term?].

noun/ˈpuput/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpu.pʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. crowbar

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay puput, from Betawi [Term?] (“crowbar”), from Javanese puput (“right to the end, to come to an end, be over; the falling off of an infant's umbilical cord”), from Old Javanese puput (“end, result; culmination, summit; ending, ended, finished; highest”).

verb/ˈpuput/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpu.pʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to (come to an) end

  2. to fall off (of infant's umbilical cord).

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay puput, from Betawi [Term?] (“crowbar”), from Javanese puput (“right to the end, to come to an end, be over; the falling off of an infant's umbilical cord”), from Old Javanese puput (“end, result; culmination, summit; ending, ended, finished; highest”).

noun/ˈpuput/Standard-Indonesian[ˈpu.pʊt̪̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Javan ilisha (Ilisha pristigastroides)

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