gunung
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Compare to Malay gunung, Sundanese gunung, and Javanese gunung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡunuŋ/
- Hyphenation: gu‧nung
Noun
gunung
- mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
Coordinate terms
- bukit (“hill”)
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Malay gunung. Compare to Brunei Malay gunung, Sundanese gunung, and Javanese gunung.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/ [ˈɡu.nʊŋ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -unuŋ
- Syllabification: gu‧nung
Noun
gunung (plural gunung-gunung)
Derived terms
- bergunung-gunung
- gunung-ganang
- gunung-gemunung
- gunung-gunungan
- gunungan
- menggunung
- pegunungan
- pergunungan
Further reading
- “gunung”, 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
Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese gunuṅ.
Noun
gunung (Carakam spelling ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ)
Derived terms
- gunung geni
- gunung guntur
- gunung kendheng
Further reading
- “gunung”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
Malay
Etymology
Compare to Brunei Malay gunung, Sundanese gunung, and Javanese gunung. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈɡunoŋ/ [ˈɡu.noŋ]
- Rhymes: -unoŋ
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/ [ˈɡu.nuŋ]
- Rhymes: -unuŋ
- Hyphenation: gu‧nung
Noun
gunung (Jawi spelling ݢونوڠ, plural gunung-ganang)
- mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- menggunung [agent focus] (meN-)
- menggunungan [agent focus + timespan / emotion] (meN- + -an)
- pergunungan [causative passive + timespan / emotion] (peR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- bergunung-gunung (“mountainous”)
- gegunungan (“artificial mound; small hill”)
- gunung-gemunung (“mountain range; plural form of gunung”)
- gunung berapi (“volcano”)
- gunung-ganang (“plural form of gunung”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: gunung (inherited)
See also
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ݢونڠ goenoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 109
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ݢونڠ gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 583
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 381-2
Further reading
- "gunung" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Sundanese
Noun
gunung (Sundanese script ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ)