suntik
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese suntik (“injection”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsuntik/ [ˈsun̪.t̪ɪk̚]
- Rhymes: -untik
- Syllabification: sun‧tik
Noun
suntik (active menyuntik, reflexive passive tersuntik, ordinary passive disuntik, imperative suntik, emphatic-jussive suntiklah)
Hyponyms
- suntik DNA salmon
- suntik formalin
- suntik hormon
- suntik inseminasi
- suntik KB
- suntik kolagen
- suntik kurus
- suntik pematangan
- suntik putih
- suntik semangat
- suntik tetanus
- suntik vaksin
Derived terms
Further reading
- “suntik”, 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
Javanese
Etymology
Affixation of runtik (“enraged”) + sa-.
Verb
suntik
- to inject
- to dig (a thorn in the skin) with a needle etc.;
- to match with a needle
- to carve (a name etc.) on metal with a sharp object;
- to electrocute
Derived terms
- nyuntik
Descendants
- → Indonesian: suntik
Further reading
- “suntik”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.