blewah

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧ꧀ꦭꦺꦮꦃ (bléwah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈble.wah/
• Rhymes: -wah
• Hyphenation: ble‧wah

Noun

blewah (plural blewah-blewah, first-person possessive blewahku, second-person possessive blewahmu, third-person possessive blewahnya)

1. (botany) cantaloupe (Cucumis melo).

   Synonym: semangka belanda

Derived terms

• kuning blewah

 

Further reading

• “blewah” 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.