# putih
## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /putih/
* Hyphenation: pu‧tih

### Adjective

putih
* white (bright and colourless)
* fair (skin tone), fair-skinned

#### Synonyms

* (skin tone) cerah

### Noun

putih
* white (colour)

#### Antonyms

* (colour) itam (“black”)

#### Hypernyms

* warna (“colour”)

#### Derived terms

* urang putih

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih (“white”), from Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈputih/ [ˈpu.t̪ɪh]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -utih
* Syllabification: pu‧tih

### Adjective

putih
* white:
** bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light
** (figurative) pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. (of face)
    Synonym: pucat
* (figurative) pure
    Synonyms: murni, suci

### Noun

putih (uncountable)
* white (colour)

### Derived terms

* keputih-putihan
* keputihan
* memutih
* memutihkan
* pemutih
* pemutihan
* putih bersih
* putih hati
* putih kuning
* putih lesi
* putih meta
* putih metah
* putih telur
* air putih

### Related terms

* putau

### See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text) :
| putih | abu-abu, kelabu | hitam |
| merah; kirmizi | jingga; cokelat, pirang tua | kuning; krem |
| hijau pupus, hijau limau | hijau | hijau pudina; hijau tua |
| nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut | biru langit, nilakandi | biru |
| lembayung; nila | patma; ungu | merah jambu, merah muda |

### Further reading

* “putih” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

putih
* Romanization of ꦥꦸꦠꦶꦃ

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* puteh (1924-1972)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pu.teh]
* Rhymes: -tih, -ih
* Hyphenation: putih

### Adjective

putih (Jawi spelling ڤوتيه)
* White:
** Being white in colour.
    Synonym: abiad
** (figurative) Pure, untainted.
    Synonyms: bersih, suci, murni

### Noun

putih (Jawi spelling ڤوتيه, plural putih-putih, informal 1st possessive putihku, 2nd possessive putihmu, 3rd possessive putihnya)
* The colour white.
    Synonym: abiad

#### Affixations

* berputih
* keputih-putihan
* keputihan
* memutih
* pemutihan
* putihi
* putihkan

#### Compounds

* putih bersih
* putih gading
* putih hati
* putih krim
* putih kuning
* putih langsat
* putih lesi, pucat
* putih lueh, sueh
* putih mata
* putih melepak
* putih metah
* putih sepor
* putih telur
* putih tulang
* putih umbut

### Descendants

* Indonesian: putih

### See also

Colors in Malay · warna or warna-warna (layout · text) :
| putih | kelabu | hitam |
| merah; merah tua | jingga, oren; perang | kuning; putih krim |
| hijau pucuk pisang | hijau | hijau pudina; hijau gelap |
| sian, firus; hijau kebiruan | biru langit | biru |
| lembayung; nila | magenta; ungu | merah jambu, merah muda |

### References

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

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

### Adjective

putih
* white (bright and colourless)

### Noun

putih
* white (colour)