bunglon
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese bunglon.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbuŋlon/ [ˈbuŋ.lɔn]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uŋlon
- Syllabification: bung‧lon
Noun
bunglon (plural bunglon-bunglon)
- chameleon
- Synonyms: kelelesa, kameleon
- Synonyms: (Standard Malay) sumpah-sumpah, (Standard Malay) sesumpah
Further reading
- “bunglon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016