putih

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /putih/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tih

Adjective

putih

  1. white (bright and colourless)
  2. fair (skin tone), fair-skinned

Synonyms

Noun

putih

  1. white (colour)

Antonyms

  • (colour) itam (black)

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • urang putih

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih (white), from Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈputih/, [ˈpu.t̪ɪh]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tih

Adjective

putih

  1. white:
    1. bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
    2. (figurative) pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. (of face)
      Synonym: pucat
  2. (figurative) pure.
    Synonyms: murni, suci

Noun

putih (first-person possessive putihku, second-person possessive putihmu, third-person possessive putihnya)

  1. white (colour)

Derived terms

  • keputih-putihan
  • keputihan
  • memutih
  • memutihkan
  • pemutih
  • pemutihan
  • putih bersih
  • putih hati
  • putih kuning
  • putih lesi
  • putih meta
  • putih metah
  • putih telur

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)
     putih      abu-abu, kelabu      hitam
             merah; kirmizi              jingga; cokelat, pirang tua              kuning; krem
             hijau pupus, hijau limau              hijau              hijau pudina; hijau tua
             nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut              biru langit, nilakandi              biru
             lembayung; nila              patma; ungu              merah jambu, merah muda

Further reading

Javanese

Alternative forms

  • Carakan: ꦥꦸꦠꦶꦃ
  • Roman: poetih

Etymology

From Old Javanese putih (white), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

putih (ngoko putih, krama pethak)

  1. white
    Synonym: séta

References

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

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Pronunciation

Adjective

putih (Jawi spelling ڤوتيه)

  1. white (bright and colourless)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: putih

Noun

putih (Jawi spelling ڤوتيه, plural putih-putih, informal 1st possessive putihku, 2nd possessive putihmu, 3rd possessive putihnya)

  1. white (colour)

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

putih

  1. white (bright and colourless)

Noun

putih

  1. white (colour)
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