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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay santun
Pronunciation
Adjective
santun
- courteous, decent, polite
- benevolent, kind, sympathetic, helpful.
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
santun
- Romanization of ꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From sāri (“quintessence; pollen, flower”) + -ntun.
Noun
santun
- pollen
- flower
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From sari (“continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly, lastingly; day after day”) + -ntun.
Root
santun
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Derived terms
Further reading
- "santun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.