sinuhun

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay senuhun, sinuhun, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦤꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀ (sinuhun), from Old Javanese sinuhun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ˈnu.hun/
• Rhymes: -hun
• Hyphenation: si‧nu‧hun

Pronoun

sinuhun

1. Your Highness

   Synonym: baginda

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

sinuhun

1. Romanization of ꦱꦶꦤꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed suhun +‎ -in-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.nu.hun/
• Rhymes: -hun
• Hyphenation: si‧nu‧hun

Verb

sinuhun (passive)

1. to carry on the head
2. to take or receive on the head
3. to raise over the head
4. to place someone's feet on the head
5. to pay homage, to accept respectfully, to ask respectfully

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦶꦤꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀ (sinuhun) (inherited)
  • → Malay: sinuhun, senuhun

    > Indonesian: sinuhun (inherited)

Further reading

• "sinuhun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.