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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Butterfly

Javanese translation:

Kupu

Added to glossary by Ramona Ali
Apr 30, 2004 22:45
22 yrs ago
English term

Butterfly

Please tell me how to say the word butterfly in Javanese. Thank you!

Proposed translations

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kupu

Pronounced koo-poo
Peer comment(s):

agree Will Matter
26 mins
agree Muhammad Zikri : Or more appropriately: kupu-kupu
1 hr
agree Yohanes Sutopo : 100% correct!
2 days 7 mins
agree EngIndonesian
2 days 8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
2 days 4 hrs

"Kupu" is the only right translation

"Kupu" is the only right translation for butterfly in Javanese. I disagree with Muhammad Zikri, "kupu-kupu" is Indonesian and definitely not Javanese.
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