punah

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

punah

extinct, no longer in existence; having died out.
Bagaimana makhluk hidup tersebut dapat punah? ― How can that living thing be extinct?

Synonyms: binasa, lenyap, musnah

Affixed terms

kepunahan
memunahkan
pemunahan

Further reading

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

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