pemali

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pali (“taboo”) through the addition of the fossilized infix -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palihi, from Proto-Austronesian *paliSi (“taboo, ritual restriction; purifying rite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəmali/
Rhymes: -mali, -ali, -li

Noun

pemali (Jawi spelling ڤمالي)

taboo

Synonyms

pantang larang
larangan

Descendants

Indonesian: pemali
→ Bima: pamali

Further reading

“pemali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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