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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay hidung, from Proto-Malayic *hiduŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ, *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhi.duŋ/
- Hyphenation: hi‧dunɡ
Noun
hidung (first-person possessive hidungku, second-person possessive hidungmu, third-person possessive hidungnya)
- nose (organ of the face)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *hiduŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ, *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
hidung (Jawi spelling هيدوڠ, plural hidung-hidung, informal 1st possessive hidungku, 2nd possessive hidungmu, 3rd possessive hidungnya)
- nose (organ of the face)
Descendants
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “هيدڠ hidoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 148
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “هيدڠ hidung”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 695
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hidong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 406
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