wijen
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See also: wijeñ
Dutch
Verb
wijen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦮꦶꦗꦺꦤ꧀ (wijèn), from Old Javanese wijyan (“sesame-seed”). Doublet of bijan and bijian. Reconstructed as biji + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
wijèn (first-person possessive wijenku, second-person possessive wijenmu, third-person possessive wijennya)
Synonyms
- (plant): bijan, lenga, sesam, tanaman wijen
- (seed): biji wijen
Further reading
- “wijen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Mapudungun
Noun
wijen (Raguileo spelling)