lintah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lintah, from Proto-Malayic *lintah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNi-məCaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪntah]
  • Hyphenation: lin‧tah

Noun

lintah (first-person possessive lintahku, second-person possessive lintahmu, third-person possessive lintahnya)

  1. leech (annelid)

Derived terms

  • melintah

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lintah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNi-məCaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lintah/
  • Rhymes: -intah, -tah, -ah

Noun

lintah (Jawi spelling لينته, plural lintah-lintah, informal 1st possessive lintahku, 2nd possessive lintahmu, 3rd possessive lintahnya)

  1. leech (annelid)

Further reading

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