wapak
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Berau Malay [Term?]
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwapak/ [ˈwa.pak̚]
Rhymes: -apak
Syllabification: wa‧pak
=== Noun ===
wapak (plural wapak-wapak)
(dialect Berau) a talisman in the form of writing using the Hijaiyah alphabet which is believed to make a person powerful and magical or ward off illness or disturbances from spirits
=== Further reading ===
“wapak”, 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