foniks

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”). Doublet of feniks and funiks. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfoniks/ [ˈfo.niks] Rhymes: -oniks Syllabification: fo‧niks === Noun === foniks (plural foniks-foniks) phoenix: (mythology) a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes (mythology) a mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang ==== Alternative forms ==== feniks funiks ==== Synonyms ==== hong === Further reading === “foniks”, 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