bunga anting-anting

Makasar

Etymology

From bunga (“flower”) +‎ anting-anting (“earring”).

Noun

bunga anting-anting (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨂ ᨕᨈᨗᨕᨈᨗ or 𑻤𑻴𑻢𑻱𑻦𑻳𑻱𑻦𑻳, definite bunga anting-antinga, 3rd person possessive bunga anting-antinna)

  1. a type of cultivated red flower

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN