buah pinggang
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of buah (“product”) + pinggang (“waist”), inherited from Malay buah pinggang, probably calque from Hokkien 腰子 (io-chí, “kidney”, literally “waist + child; son”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbuah ˈpɪŋɡaŋ]
=== Noun ===
buah pinggang (plural buah-buah pinggang)
(colloquial) kidney
Synonym: ginjal
=== Further reading ===
“buah pinggang”, 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
== Malay ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˌbwah ˈpiŋɡaŋ/ [ˌbwah ˈpiŋ.ɡaŋ]
Rhymes: -iŋɡaŋ
Hyphenation: buah ping‧gang
=== Noun ===
buah pinggang
(anatomy) kidney (an organ in the body)
Synonyms: ginjal, kerinjal
==== Descendants ====
> Indonesian: buah pinggang (inherited)
=== Further reading ===
"buah pinggang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017