pekung

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈkuŋ/ [pəˈkuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: pe‧kung

pekung (plural pekung-pekung)

1. canker
   1. (dermatology, pathology) a corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth
   2. (phytopathology) a plant disease marked by gradual decay.

• “pekung”, 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
• Mien A. Rifai; Ratna Siri Hadioetomo; Indrawati Ganjar (1992), Kamus Mikrobiologi [Dictionary of Microbiology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 114: “pekung”