gadung

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.duŋ/

Adjective

gadung

  1. green (colour)

Synonyms

Noun

gadung

  1. green (colour)

Iban

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.duəŋ/

Noun

gadung

  1. green

Adjective

gadung

  1. green

Maguindanao

Adjective

gadung

  1. green

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gaduŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaduŋ (compare with Old Javanese gaḍuṅ).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡadʊŋ/

Noun

gadung (Jawi spelling ݢادوڠ‎, plural gadung-gadung, informal 1st possessive gadungku, 2nd possessive gadungmu, 3rd possessive gadungnya)

  1. Dioscorea hispida (species of yams)
  2. other types of poisonous yams.

References
  1. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *gaduŋ

Further reading
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