เปอญู

Urak Lawoi'

Alternative forms

ปือญู (Phuket Old People)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu (“sea turtle”); compare Malay penyu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəɲu/, [pəˈɲu]

Noun

เปอญู (penyu)

(Sangka-u, Adang) sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)

Further reading

Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 143

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