garpu

From Portuguese garfo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin graphium. Cognate with Malay garpu (“fork”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡarpu/, /ɡərpu/
• Hyphenation: gar‧pu

garpu

1. fork (eating utensil with spikes)

• sudu (“spoon”)

From Malay garpu, from Portuguese garfo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin graphium.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡarpu]

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• Hyphenation: gar‧pu

garpu (plural garpu-garpu, first-person possessive garpuku, second-person possessive garpumu, third-person possessive garpunya)

1. fork (eating utensil with spikes)

   Synonym: porok

• “garpu” 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.

From Portuguese garfo, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin graphium.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa(r)pu/
• Rhymes: -pu, -u

• Audio (MY)

  (file)

garpu (Jawi spelling ݢرڤو, plural garpu-garpu, informal 1st possessive garpuku, 2nd possessive garpumu, 3rd possessive garpunya)

1. fork (eating utensil with spikes)

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