ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀

Javanese
pêtis

Etymology

Probably form Old Javanese pa- +‎ tis, tes (“drop”). Cognate of Tagalog patis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pə.tɪs/
  • Rhymes: -tɪs, -ɪs, -s
  • Hyphenation: pe‧tis

Noun

ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (petis)

  1. (cooking) black-coloured shrimp paste.

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “petis”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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