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Fart-
Ography: How the World Says Fart

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The Fartographic Method

Fartography is silly.

The research isn’t.

Languages are messy. Words change between countries, cities, generations and families. A textbook translation may be technically correct while sounding completely ridiculous to a native speaker.

So we don’t just ask, “What is the translation of fart?”

We ask:

What do people actually say?

Where possible, Fartography checks words and expressions with native speakers, dictionaries and linguistic sources, records regional differences, and distinguishes between formal language, slang, children’s words and expressions.

If we get something wrong, please tell us.

Fartography is, like language itself, a work in progress.

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kentut
Stop 22
Indonesia
Indonesian
kentut
/ken-TOOT/
IPA /kənˈtut/
🗣️ Everyday
Translation
A fart. Also used as a verb. Appears at every social register with complete ease.
In a Sentence
Siapa yang kentut?
"Who farted?"
💨 What people actually say
Kentut — the plain, universal word, used without much fuss.
👶 The kid word
pretttt or the sound-word tut.
🤬 The rude version
kentut busuk — 'rotten fart.'
🎩 The polite version
buang angin — 'to throw away wind.'
🗺️ Regional variations
Javanese says entut, Sundanese hitut, Malay across the strait keeps kentut.
📖 Literally speaking
buang angin = 'to discard wind.'
🧐 Fartology
Kentut descends from Proto-Austronesian *qetut, the same ancestor behind words from Madagascar to Hawaiʻi.
⚠️ Use with caution
Fine casually; use buang angin with elders.
Cultural Note
Kentut is shared with Malay, spoken across Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and parts of the Philippines — covering approximately 300 million speakers across Southeast Asia.
Cheerful. Compact. Entirely comfortable with itself.