pintu

• IPA^(key): /pɪntu/

pintu

1. door

pintu

1. Classifier used for buildings.

   Lima pintu rumah. ― Five houses

   Empat puluh pintu kedai ― Forty shops

• pintoe (pre-1947)

From Malay pintu (“door”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpintu/ [ˈpin.t̪u]

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• Rhymes: -intu
• Syllabification: pin‧tu

pintu (first-person possessive pintuku, second-person possessive pintumu, third-person possessive pintunya)

1. door
2. barrier: a structure that bars passage.

   Synonym: palang pintu

3. (figurative) way: a method or manner of doing something.

   Synonym: jalan

4. gate: a passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

• “pintu” 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.

Compare Tagalog pintuho.

• IPA^(key): /pɪnˈtuʔ/ [pɪnˈtuʔ]
• Hyphenation: pin‧tu

pintû

1. respect; restraint

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *nt₁uuʔ (“hole, pit”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pintu/
• Rhymes: -intu, -tu, -u

pintu (Jawi spelling ڤينتو, plural pintu-pintu, informal 1st possessive pintuku, 2nd possessive pintumu, 3rd possessive pintunya)

1. door (portal of entry into a building or room)

• Indonesian: pintu
• → Tok Pisin: pitu

• “pintu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.