parlente

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese parlenda (“word game”).

Noun

parlente

1. liar, fraudster

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /parˈlɛnte/ [parˈlen̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Syllabification: par‧len‧te

Adjective

parlente (comparative lebih parlente, superlative paling parlente)

1. alternative form of perlente

Further reading

• “parlente”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016