gunung

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ. Cognate with Malay gunung (mountain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡunuŋ/
  • Hyphenation: gu‧nung

Noun

gunung

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Coordinate terms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • goenoeng (pre-1947)

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/, [ˈɡu.nʊŋ]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧nung

Noun

gunung (first-person possessive gunungku, second-person possessive gunungmu, third-person possessive gunungnya)

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Derived terms

  • bergunung-gunung
  • gunung-ganang
  • gunung-gemunung
  • gunung-gunungan
  • gunungan
  • menggunung
  • pegunungan
  • pergunungan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

gunung

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ

Malay

A snow-covered gunung

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ (compare Indonesian gunung), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ (compare Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung)).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uŋ
  • (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈɡunoŋ/, [ˈɡu.noŋ]
  • (Northern Peninsula) IPA(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/, [ˈɡu.nuŋ]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧nung
  • Rhymes: -unuŋ

Noun

gunung (Jawi spelling ݢونوڠ, plural gunung-ganang, informal 1st possessive gunungku, 2nd possessive gunungmu, 3rd possessive gunungnya)

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Javanese

Noun

gunung

  1. mountain

Sundanese

Romanization

gunung

  1. Romanization of ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ
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