tenun

Balinese

Verb

tenun (Balinese script ᬢᭂᬦᬸᬦ᭄)

1. to weave

Finnish

Noun

tenun

1. genitive singular of tenu

Anagrams

• nenut, tunne, unten

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tenun, from Proto-Malayic *tənun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənun, from Proto-Austronesian *tənun (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈnun/ [t̪əˈnun]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: te‧nun

Verb

tênun (active menenun, passive ditenun)

1. to weave

Derived terms

• bertenun
• penenun (“weaver”)
• penenunan (“(act of) weaving”)
• pertenunan
• tenunan (“weaving, something that is woven”)

• tenun bidak galah napuh
• tenun bulu
• tenun dobi
• tenun ikat
• tenun kartu
• tenun keranjang
• tenun leno
• tenun Makassar
• tenun polos
• tenun satin
• tenun selerang
• tenun slub
• tenun Toraja
• tenun tulang haring

Etymology 2

Probably from Borrowed from Hitu [Term?].

Proper nun

tenun

A traditional ceremony that aims to commemorate the beginning of the existence of the Pelauw Village community, Maluku, held every three years.

Further reading

• “tenun” 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

Verb

tenun

1. to weave

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tənun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənun, from Proto-Austronesian *tənun (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tənon/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tənʊn/
• Rhymes: -ənon, -non, -on

Verb

tenun (Jawi spelling تنون)

1. to weave

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penenun [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penenunan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tenunan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menenun [agent focus] (meN-)
• ditenun [patient focus] (di-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tenun

References

• "tenun" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “tenun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tənun.

Verb

tenun

1. to weave

References

• Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青), A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2008.