untung

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay untung, from Classical Malay ontong, untung, from Proto-Malayic *untuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊntʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: un‧tung
• Rhymes: -untʊŋ, -tʊŋ, -ʊŋ

Noun

untung (first-person possessive untungku, second-person possessive untungmu, third-person possessive untungnya)

1. gain (what one gains (profit))
2. profit
3. synonym of mujur, bahagia (“luck”)
4. synonym of faedah, guna, manfaat (“use”)

Derived terms

• beruntung
• beruntung-untung
• keberuntungan
• keuntungan
• menguntungkan
• peruntung
• peruntungan
• seberuntung-beruntungnya
• untung-untung
• untung-untungan

 

• untung batu
• untung malang
• untung sabut
• untung sero

 

Further reading

• “untung” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *untuŋ (compare Indonesian untung), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ (compare Maori utu, Hawaiian uku).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /untoŋ/
• (Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /untʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -untoŋ, -toŋ, -oŋ

Noun

untung (Jawi spelling اونتوڠ, plural untung-untung, informal 1st possessive untungku, 2nd possessive untungmu, 3rd possessive untungnya)

1. gain (what one gains (profit))

Descendants

• Indonesian: untung

Further reading

• “untung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Yakan

Noun

untung

1. profit