pentol

From penta- +‎ -ol.

pentol (plural pentols)

1. (organic chemistry) any organic compound having five hydroxy functional groups

• Pelton, lepton

Inherited from Malay pentul, pentol (Batavia Malay), from Betawi [Term?], from Javanese pentul (“to bounce, to spring”), penthul (“standing out; looks round, fat”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pənˈtol/ [pən̪ˈt̪ɔl]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: pen‧tol

pentol (plural pentol-pentol)

1. (literally) something that stands out

   Synonyms: dedengkot, pemuka, penganjur, pentolan

2. knob, handle

   Synonyms: gagang, kenop

3. flap

   Synonym: tutupan

4. head (of a pin)

   Synonyms: cembul, cumbul

5. (food) a ball of meatball

• pentul

• “pentol”, 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