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Javanese
Romanization
wuni
- Romanization of ꦮꦸꦤꦶ
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wuni/
- Rhymes: -ni
- Hyphenation: wu‧ni
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, compare Malay sembunyi.
Noun
wuni
- secret
Verb
wuni
- to hide
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate of Indonesian buni, Tagalog bignay.
Noun
wuni
- (botany) bignay (Antidesma bunius).
Descendants
Etymology 3
Noun
wuni
- Alternative spelling of uni (“sound, voice; content”)
Further reading
- "wuni" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
wuni
- (transitive) to watch
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Pronunciation
Noun
wuni
- Alternative form of uni (“blood”)
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics