puhun
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Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun.
Noun
puhun
Finnish
Verb
puhun
Anagrams
Javanese
Romanization
puhun
- Romanization of ꦥꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun.
Root
puhun
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
puhun
Etymology 3
Unknown, probably affixed suhun + pa-.
Root
puhun
- to beg
Derived terms
Descendants
- >? Malay: pohon (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- "puhun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Sundanese
Romanization
puhun
- Romanization of ᮕᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪
Tausug
Pronunciation
Noun
puhun
Verb
puhun
- to complain (to someone, esp. a parent, usu. against a member of the family or a close relative)