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Meaning of "pantun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PANTUN

pantun  [pænˈtuːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANTUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pantun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PANTUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pantun

The pantun is a Malay poetic form. The pantun originated as a traditional oral form of expression. The first examples to be recorded appear in the 15th century in the Malay Annals and the Hikayat Hang Tuah. The most common theme is love. In its most basic form the pantun consists of a quatrain which employs an abab rhyme scheme. A pantun is traditionally recited according to a fixed rhythm and as a rule of thumb, in order not to deviate from the rhythm, every line should contain between eight and 12 syllables. "The pantun is a four-lined verse consisting of alternating, roughly rhyming lines. The first and second lines sometimes appear completely disconnected in meaning from the third and fourth, but there is almost invariably a link of some sort. Whether it be a mere association of ideas, or of feeling, expressed through assonance or through the faintest nuance of a thought, it is nearly always traceable". The pantun is highly allusive and in order to understand it readers generally need to know the traditional meaning of the symbols the poem employs.

Definition of pantun in the English dictionary

The definition of pantun in the dictionary is a Malayan form of repetitive poetry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANTUN


Behistun
ˌbeɪhɪˈstuːn
Bisitun
ˌbiːsɪˈtuːn
Bisutun
ˌbiːsʊˈtuːn
cartoon
kɑːˈtuːn
ducatoon
ˌdʌkəˈtuːn
festoon
fɛˈstuːn
frigatoon
ˌfrɪɡəˈtuːn
malakatoone
ˌmæləkəˈtuːn
melocotoon
ˌmeləʊkəˈtuːn
musketoon
ˌmʌskɪˈtuːn
musquetoon
ˌmʌskɪˈtuːn
platoon
pləˈtuːn
ratoon
ræˈtuːn
rattoon
ræˈtuːn
saskatoon
ˌsæskəˈtuːn
spittoon
spɪˈtuːn
spontoon
spɒnˈtuːn
testoon
tɛˈstuːn
toon
tuːn
toun
tuːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANTUN

pantopragmatic
pantoscope
pantoscopic
pantothenate
pantothenic acid
pantoufle
pantoum
pantries
pantropic
pantropical
pantry
pantrymaid
pantryman
pants
pantsuit
panty
panty girdle
panty liner
pantyhose
pantywaist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANTUN

astun
Braun
bun
fun
gun
handgun
Hun
in the long run
in the short run
Jotun
Jun
Kim Jong-un
Kun
nun
Pashtun
pun
run
stun
sun
tun

Synonyms and antonyms of pantun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pantun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PANTUN

Find out the translation of pantun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pantun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pantun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pantun
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pantun
570 millions of speakers

English

pantun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pantun
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pantun
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pantun
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pantun
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pantun
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pantoun
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pantun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pantun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pantun
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pantun
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pantun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pantun
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pantun
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅनुन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pantun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pantun
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pantun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pantun
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pantun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pantun
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pantun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pantun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pantun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pantun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANTUN»

The term «pantun» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.300 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANTUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pantun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pantun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pantun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANTUN»

Discover the use of pantun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pantun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pantun Pilihan Peranakan Baba Negeri Selat 1910–1930-an ...
Dalam buku ini, sebanyak 1,343 rangkap pantun telah dipilih daripada sejumlah14,560 pantun yangsudah dimuatkan dalampangkalan data Pantun Baba Peranakan di portal Malay Civilization di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) ...
Ding Choo Ming, 2014
2
Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat: The Baba Style of ...
Tajuk elicited from different poets or found in books on pantun seldom agree on the names, numbers, or functions of the different tajuk. While the set is theoretically open, most are sung infrequently. Poets, when they prepare for a contest, ...
Phillip Lee Thomas, 1986
3
Performance in Java and Bali
Introduction It is assumed that the musical genre tembang Sunda (Cianjuran) originated from the epic narrative carita pantun around the middle of the nineteenth century. Since that time the repertoire and performance practice of tembang ...
B. Arps, 2005
4
A History of Classical Malay Literature
10.1 Pantun The pantun was originally a form of folk verse that was meant to be sung. Pantun are still meant to be sung. In his Account of a Voyage to Kelantan ( Pelayaran ke Kelantan) Abdullah Munsyi noted various ways in which a pantun ...
Liaw Yock Fang, 2013
5
Art of Translating Poetry
The Malay-Indonesian pantun is, as I have said, yet another poetic form that has not traveled well. Jikalau tidak karena bintang Masakan bulan terbit tinggi? Jikalau tidak karena abang Masakan saya datang kemari? ("If not because of star (s) ...
Burton Raffel, 2010
6
Sijobang: Sung Narrative Poetry of West Sumatra
Form (a) Length In the material I have recorded, the great majority of the pantun are quatrains, a good number are six lines long, there are a handful of 8-line and one example each of 10-, 12- and 14-line pantun. There is also a small number ...
Nigel Phillips, 1981
7
A History of Malay Pantun Translations Into English
Specific translational issues that are highlighted throughout the thesis include the co-relation between the translational purpose (skopos) and translation styles (this is the foremost inquiry), other variables besides skopos such as, text ...
Krishnavanie Shunmugam, 2010
8
An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the ...
Even in translation, we can sense this in the pantun above. The speaker is so obsessed with his beloved that he neglects routine, to the point of financial (and personal) ruin, the loss of his water buffalo. At the same time, there is a fascinating ...
Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, 2002
9
Splashed by the Saint: Ritual Reading and Islamic Sanctity ...
In the writings drawn on above, the pantun appears as an authentically Sundanese model of how narrative recitation in a ritual setting can be understood as a means for seeking worldly benefit through the aid of unseen beings. The pantun is ...
Julian Millie, 2009
10
Oral Traditions of Southeast Asia and Oceania: A Bibliography
P. 1-3 3075 De pantun: het Indonesische volkskwatrijn en zijn Varianten over de wereld / 3 1 82 Pantun Karo. - In: Tanah. - Vol. 1 0, no. 1 1 2 (Apr. 2000). - P. 3 1 - 34 3077 Pantun kentrung/ed. Suripan Sadi Hutomo; red. ahli Pudentia MPSS.
Herman C. Kemp, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANTUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pantun is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The timeless Guru
Every sajak, pantun or syair (Malay sonnets, poems, poetries) was drummed into the minds of his students in ways which they could relate to in ... «The Star Online, May 15»
2
Lively beats of four nations
The performance uses play of words and various Malay literature elements (pantun and syair) to tell a story. Next up was the Arpeggio Creative ... «The Star Online, May 15»
3
Give undivided support to new penghulu, Sg Ngemah Ili folk told
A 'pantun' (Iban traditional poem) chanting her verses at the start of the function at Nanga Ngungun Community Hall. Pengiran (third left) ... «The Borneo Post, May 15»
4
Leticia Kila Thomas wins Miss Talent Cultural Harvest fest
The 25-year-old lass from Sri Aman recited a traditional Iban pantun called 'Sanggai' winning herself the cash prize of RM1, 000, sash, crown ... «The Borneo Post, May 15»
5
Review: Contemporary 'Uda Dan Dara' is a little hollow
Gani Karim also put in a commanding performance as the stoic, pantun-quoting Utih, even if his role occasionally came across as a ... «The Star Online, Apr 15»
6
History: Elephants, tin and an awful lot of pirates
... pantun, samcau and betele, save the wild calabashes that grow in the woods, an excellent food for the wild monkeys…some of them of a very ... «The Phuket News, Apr 15»
7
Mr Lee Kuan Yew a fatherly character, says Sidek Saniff in eulogy
Using a Malay pantun, or short poem, he spoke about Singaporeans' debt to Singapore's founding father. "Monetary debts can be paid off, but ... «The Straits Times, Mar 15»
8
Our unfinished business with Krishen Jit
The conference opened with a performance by Checkpoint Theatre's Huzir Sulaiman and Claire Wong.Carrot/Pantun/Dance was an act in ... «Malay Mail Online, Jan 15»
9
The importance of being civil
Pantun, Indonesian and Malay literature enriched my life greatly, and I have spoken out many times that there is no basis to the fear of learning ... «The Star Online, Jan 15»
10
Indigenous fruits are going the way of the dodo
It must have been a very common fruit those days for it to be immortalised in an old Malay pantun (or poem) that goes like this: Sorong papan ... «The Rakyat Post, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pantun [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pantun>. Apr 2024 ».
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