bunga lompo

Makasar

Etymology

From bunga (“flower”) +‎ lompo (“large; great”).

Noun

bunga lompo (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨂ ᨒᨚᨄᨚ or 𑻤𑻴𑻢𑻮𑻶𑻣𑻶, definite bunga lompoa)

  1. a flower blanket made of jasmine and woven pandan strips, placed over the corpse and later on the grave

Further reading

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