jagung

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Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gung

Noun

jagung

  1. maize; corn

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay jagung, from Javanese ꦗꦮ​ꦲꦒꦸꦁ (jawa agung, literally “big jawa (foxtail millet)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gung

Noun

jagung (first-person possessive jagungku, second-person possessive jagungmu, third-person possessive jagungnya)

  1. maize; corn

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦮ​ꦲꦒꦸꦁ (jawa agung). Compound of ꦗꦮ jawa, a contraction of ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ juwawut "foxtail millet" + ꦲꦒꦸꦁ agung "big". Cognate to Sundanese ᮏᮌᮧᮀ (jagong). Attested in the Tanjung Tanah manuscript dated 14th century CE, Latin form djagoeng first mentioned in the Nederlandsch-Indisch Plakaatboek dated 1800.[1]

Noun

jagung (Jawi spelling جاݢوڠ, plural jagung-jagung, informal 1st possessive jagungku, 2nd possessive jagungmu, 3rd possessive jagungnya)

  1. maize; corn
  2. (obsolete) sorghum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: jagung

References

  1. ^ Lombard, Denys (1996) Nusa Jawa: Silang Budaya‎, volume 2: Jaringan Asia, Penerbit Gramedia, page 263
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جاݢڠ djagoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 98
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جاݢڠ jagong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 215-6
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “jagong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 435

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