sentul

See also: Sentul

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sentul (“santol or cottonfruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sən.ˈtʊl/
• Rhymes: -tʊl
• Hyphenation: sên‧tul

Noun

sêntul (first-person possessive sentulku, second-person possessive sentulmu, third-person possessive sentulnya)

1. Sandoricum koetjape (santol or cottonfruit), a tropical Asian fruit tree.

   Synonym: kecapi

2. butch (masculine lesbian)

Further reading

• “sentul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sentul.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /sənˈtul/ [ʂɨɳˈʈuɭ]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: sen‧tul

Noun

sëntúl

1. Sandoricum koetjape (santol or cottonfruit), a tropical Asian fruit tree

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ul

Noun

sentul (plural sentul-sentul, informal 1st possessive sentulku, 2nd possessive sentulmu, 3rd possessive sentulnya)

1. Sandoricum koetjape (santol or cottonfruit), a tropical Asian fruit tree.

Synonyms

• kecapi

Descendants

• Indonesian: sentul
• → Bikol Central: santol
• → Cebuano: santol
• → Ilocano: santol
• → Kapampangan: santul
• → Maguindanao: sentul
• → Tagalog: santol
  • → English: santol
  • → Spanish: santol, santor

Further reading

• “sentul” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.