acung

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦕꦸꦁ (acung, “raising the hand”).

Root

acung

  1. raising one's hand
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau .

Root

acung

  1. to kick
Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

acung (first-person possessive acungku, second-person possessive acungmu, third-person possessive acungnya)

  1. (botany) Amorphophallus variabilis.
    Synonyms: badur, iles-iles

Etymology 4

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese cuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”).

Noun

acung (first-person possessive acungku, second-person possessive acungmu, third-person possessive acungnya)

  1. amaranth: the characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
    acung:  
    Synonym: ungu lembayung (Standard Malay)
  2. grayish magenta
    acung:  
    Synonym: lembayung kelabu (Standard Malay)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

acung

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦕꦸꦁ
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