Pit Hitam

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of Pit +‎ hitam, partial calque of Dutch Zwarte Piet.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌpit ˈhitam/ [ˌpɪt̪̚ ˈhi.t̪am]
  • Rhymes: -itam
  • Syllabification: Pit Hi‧tam

Noun

Pit Hitam (plural Pit-Pit Hitam)

  1. Black Peter, the companion of Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas), nowadays Santa Claus, in Eastern Indonesia

References

  • Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN
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