potehi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 布袋戲／布袋戏 (pò͘-tē-hì, “glove puppetry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈtɛhi]
• Hyphenation: po‧tè‧hi

Noun

potèhi (first-person possessive potehiku, second-person possessive potehimu, third-person possessive potehinya)

1. Chinese glove puppetry.

Further reading

• “potehi” 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.