capung
Betawi
Etymology
Borrowed from Balinese ᬘᬧᬸᬂ (capung, “dragonfly”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕapuŋ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧pung
Noun
capung
- dragonfly
- Synonym: kinjeng
Descendants
- → Indonesian: capung
References
- ^ Von de Wall, H. (1880), “*چاڤڠ tjāpoeng”, in Maleisch-Nederlandsch woordenboek [Malay-Dutch dictionary] (in Dutch), volume II, Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 6
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- tjapung (superseded spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Betawi capung, from Balinese ᬘᬧᬸᬂ (capung, “dragonfly”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃapuŋ/ [ˈt͡ʃa.pʊŋ]
- Rhymes: -apuŋ
- Syllabification: ca‧pung
Noun
capung (plural capung-capung)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “capung”, 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