bintangur

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bintaŋur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bintaŋuʀ, variant of *bitaquʀ.

Pronunciation

(Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bintaŋor/
(Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bintaŋʊr/
Hyphenation: bin‧ta‧ngur
Rhymes: -taŋor, -aŋor, -ŋor

Noun

bintangur (Jawi spelling بينتاڠور)

hardwoood trees of genus Calophyllum, of which the timber makes good masts.

Synonyms

penaga laut
bakakol (Sarawak)

Descendants

Indonesian: bintangur

References

"bintangur" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
“bintangur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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