pengawabau
Indonesian
Etymology
From peng- (“-er”) + awa- (“lost, free from”) + bau (“smell”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəŋaˈwabau̯/ [pə.ŋaˈwa.bau̯]
- Rhymes: -abau̯
- Syllabification: pe‧nga‧wa‧bau
Noun
pêngawabau (plural pengawabau-pengawabau)
- (neologism, rare) synonym of deodoran
Further reading
- “pengawabau”, 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