นูนัง

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanunaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuNaŋ (“Cordia dichotoma”). Compare Kedah Malay nonang (“Cordia sp.”).

The meaning is possibly a phono-semantic matching of English annona (“custard apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nunaŋ/, [nuˈnʌŋ]

Noun

นูนัง (nunang)

1. custard apple

Further reading

• Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 139