apiun
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) or Hokkien 鴉片／鸦片 (a-phiàn). Compare to Sundanese apiun, Vietnamese á phiện, Baba Malay aphien, Dutch amfioen. Doublet of opium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apiun (plural apiun-apiun, first-person possessive apiunku, second-person possessive apiunmu, third-person possessive apiunnya)
- alternative spelling of opium
Further reading edit
- “apiun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Sundanese edit
Noun edit
apiun
- opium