injuk

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *izuk (“the sugar palm”). Cognate with Indonesian ijuk.

Noun

injuk

1. black, hairy fiber taken from the sugar palm tree (Arenga pinnata)

   sapu injuk ― palm-fiber broom

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij