menantu
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay menantu (“child-in-law”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˈnantu/ [məˈnan̪.t̪u]
- Rhymes: -antu
- Syllabification: me‧nan‧tu
Noun
menantu (plural menantu-menantu)
- child-in-law (daughter-in-law and son-in-law)
- Synonyms: mantu, minantu
Derived terms
- bermenantu
- bermenantukan
Further reading
- “menantu”, 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