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Javanese
Romanization
wuntu
- Romanization of ꦮꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ. Archaic spelling of ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (buntu).
Lindu
Noun
wuntu
- tip; end
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wun.tu/
- Rhymes: -tu
- Hyphenation: wun‧tu
Etymology 1
Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntuʔ (“bloated, swollen (of the belly)”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
wuntu
- full
- blocked, clogged
- filling completely.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
wuntu
- Alternative spelling of huntu, untu, wuntu (“tooth”)
Further reading
- "wuntu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.