punah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay punah, from Sanskrit पून (pūna, “destroyed”), पू (pū, “to destroy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpunah]
• Hyphenation: pu‧nah

Adjective

punah

1. extinct, no longer in existence; having died out.

   Synonyms: binasa, lenyap, musnah

   Bagaimana makhluk hidup tersebut dapat punah? ― How can that living thing be extinct?

Affixed terms

• kepunahan
• memunahkan
• pemunahan

 

Further reading

• “punah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Sundanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpunah]
• Hyphenation: pu‧nah

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (puṇṇa, “full”), from Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa, “full, fulfilled, complete”). Compare Pali puṇṇa, Hindi पून (pūn)

Adjective

punah (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮔᮂ)

1. paid off; settled (of a debt)

Etymology 2

From Indonesian punah (“extinct”).

Adjective

punah (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮔᮂ)

1. (more common) extinct, no longer in existence.

   Synonyms: carem, tumpur

   Maung Bali téh geus punah ti taun 1900-an

   The Bali tiger already went extinct in the 1900s

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia