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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.naŋ/
- Rhymes: -naŋ
- Hyphenation: tu‧nang
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay tunang (“fiance”), from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤꦁ (tunang, “fiancé(e)”).
Noun
tunang (first-person possessive tunangku, second-person possessive tunangmu, third-person possessive tunangnya)
- fiancé, fiancée
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Noun
tunang (plural tunang-tunang, first-person possessive tunangku, second-person possessive tunangmu, third-person possessive tunangnya)
- (zoology) bluntnose snake eel (Ophichthus apicalis).
- Synonym: bangko
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
tunang
- Romanization of ꦠꦸꦤꦁ
Tausug
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay tunang (“fiance”), from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤꦁ (tunang, “fiancé(e)”).
Noun
tunang
- darling
- fiancée
- sweetheart
Masi wala' tunang ku.- I don't have yet a fiancée.