purwakanti
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of purwa + kanti, borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶ (purwakanthi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʊr.wa.ˈkan.ti/
- Rhymes: -ti
- Hyphenation: pur‧wa‧kan‧ti
Noun
purwakanti (plural purwakanti-purwakanti, first-person possessive purwakantiku, second-person possessive purwakantimu, third-person possessive purwakantinya)
- (literature) assonance: the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
- Synonym: asonansi
Further reading
- “purwakanti” 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.
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