alpukat

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === adpokat, advokat, alpokat (nonstandard) alpoekat (dated spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Dutch East Indies Malay, there are several possibilities: influenced from an archaic word of Sundanese alpoekat (“advocate”), from Dutch advocaat (“attorney, lawyer”) from Arabic الْأَفُوكَاتَة (al-ʔafūkāta, “avocado”), a variant of أفوكادو from corruption of Dutch avocado (“avocado”). Ultimately from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈpu.kat̚/ Rhymes: -kat̚ Hyphenation: al‧pu‧kat === Noun === alpukat avocado Synonym: avokad the large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree the avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family === Further reading === “alpukat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016