bangun

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English

Noun

bangun (usually uncountable, plural banguns)

  1. (India, uncommon) An eggplant; a brinjal.

Synonyms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • bangoen (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay bangun, from Classical Malay bangun, from Proto-Malayic *baŋun (compare Malay bangun), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋun (compare Chamorro pangon), from Proto-Austronesian *baŋuN.

Verb

bangun

  1. to get up
  2. to stand up
    Synonyms: bangkit, berdiri
  3. to wake up
  4. to be awake
    1. not asleep
      Synonym: jaga
    2. not unconscious.
      Synonyms: mendusin, siuman
  5. to realize, to be conscious
    Synonyms: insaf, sadar
  6. to rise: to swell or puff up in the process of fermentation.
  7. to liquefy: to become liquid. (of oil)
  8. to become erected, to have an erection (of penis)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bangun (meng-, intransitive)
Root bangun
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active membangun terbangun dibangun bangun bangunlah
Locative membanguni terbanguni dibanguni banguni bangunilah
Causative / Applicative1 membangunkan terbangunkan dibangunkan bangunkan bangunkanlah
Causative
Active memperbangun terperbangun diperbangun perbangun perbangunlah
Locative memperbanguni terperbanguni diperbanguni perbanguni perbangunilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperbangunkan terperbangunkan diperbangunkan perbangunkan perbangunkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
Derived terms

Noun

bangun (first-person possessive bangunku, second-person possessive bangunmu, third-person possessive bangunnya)

  1. form, shape, figure, posture, build
    Synonyms: bentuk, konstruk
  2. composition, structure
    Synonyms: konstruk, struktur
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bangun (first-person possessive bangunku, second-person possessive bangunmu, third-person possessive bangunnya)

  1. (obsolete) blood money, wergeld.
    Synonym: denda

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

bangun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばんぐん

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *baŋun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋun, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋuN.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay (vaṅun) in the form (marvvaṅun).

Pronunciation

Verb

bangun (Jawi spelling باڠون)

  1. to get up
  2. to stand up
  3. to wake up

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bangun

References

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