gunung

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ. Cognate with Malay gunung (mountain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡunuŋ/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧nung

Noun

gunung

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Coordinate terms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay gunung, from Classical Malay gunung, from Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ. Cognate of Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧nung

Noun

gunung (first-person possessive gunungku, second-person possessive gunungmu, third-person possessive gunungnya)

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
    Synonym: ardi

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

gunung

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ

Malay

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gunung dilitupi salji

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ (compare Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung)).

Pronunciation

Noun

gunung (Jawi spelling ݢونوڠ, plural gunung-ganang, informal 1st possessive gunungku, 2nd possessive gunungmu, 3rd possessive gunungnya)

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢونڠ goenoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 109
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢونڠ gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 583
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 381-2

Further reading

Old Javanese

Noun

gunung

  1. mountain

Sundanese

Romanization

gunung

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ