ungka

See also: Ungka

English

Etymology

From Malay ungka.

Noun

ungka (plural ungkas)

1. (zoology) A kind of gibbon, the siamang.

Derived terms

• ungka-puti

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ungka”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Kuang

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuŋka/, [ˈuŋ.ka]

Noun

ungka (Jawi spelling اوڠک, plural ungka-ungka, informal 1st possessive ungkaku, 2nd possessive ungkamu, 3rd possessive ungkanya)

1. gibbon

Descendants

• Indonesian: ungka
• → English: ungka

Further reading

• “ungka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.