dusun

See also: Dusun, düşün, and Düşün

Balinese

Romanization

dusun

1. Romanization of ᬤᬸᬲᬸᬦ᭄ (“village, rural, countryside”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay دوسون (dusun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.sʊn/
• Rhymes: -sʊn
• Hyphenation: du‧sun

Noun

dusun (plural dusun-dusun, first-person possessive dusunku, second-person possessive dusunmu, third-person possessive dusunnya)

1. (government) division of administrative areas in Indonesia which are located under sub-districts or villages

Derived terms

• pedusunan

 

• dusun pengasihan

 

Further reading

• “dusun” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

dusun

1. Romanization of ꦢꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duizend.

Numeral

dusun

1. thousand

   Wan dusun.

   One thousand.

Descendants

• → Dutch: doezoe
• → Saramaccan: dúsu