apiun

Indonesian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈapiʊn/
• Hyphenation: api‧un
• Rhymes: -ʊn, -n

Noun

apiun (plural apiun-apiun, first-person possessive apiunku, second-person possessive apiunmu, third-person possessive apiunnya)

1. alternative spelling of opium

Further reading

• “apiun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Sundanese

Noun

apiun

1. opium