gunung
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ. Cognate with Malay gunung (“mountain”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gunung
- mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
Coordinate terms edit
- bukit (“hill”)
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- goenoeng (pre-1947)
Etymology edit
From Malay gunung, from Classical Malay gunung, from Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ. Cognate of Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
gunung (first-person possessive gunungku, second-person possessive gunungmu, third-person possessive gunungnya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gunung” 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 edit
Romanization edit
gunung
- Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ (compare Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung)).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uŋ
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈɡunoŋ/, [ˈɡu.noŋ]
- (Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/, [ˈɡu.nuŋ]
- Hyphenation: gu‧nung
- Rhymes: -unuŋ
Noun edit
gunung (Jawi spelling ݢونوڠ, plural gunung-ganang, informal 1st possessive gunungku, 2nd possessive gunungmu, 3rd possessive gunungnya)
- mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
Derived terms edit
Regular affixed derivations:
- menggunung [agent focus] (meN-)
- menggunungan [agent focus + timespan / emotion] (meN- + -an)
- pergunungan [causative passive + timespan / emotion] (peR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- bergunung-gunung (“mountainous”)
- gegunungan (“artificial mound; small hill”)
- gunung-gemunung (“mountain range; plural form of gunung”)
- gunung berapi (“volcano”)
- gunung-ganang (“plural form of gunung”)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢونڠ goenoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 109
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢونڠ gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 583
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 381-2
Further reading edit
- “gunung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese edit
Noun edit
gunung
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
gunung
- Romanization of ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ