ꦩꦸꦁ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muŋ/
  • Rhymes: -muŋ
  • Hyphenation: mung

Etymology 1

Clipping of ꦲꦩꦸꦁ (amung).

Adverb

ꦩꦸꦁ (mung)

  1. (ngoko) just, only.
Synonyms
  • ꦒꦸꦂ (gur) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)
  • ꦩꦺꦏ꧀ (mèk) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)
  • ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ (muk) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)
  • ꦤꦩꦸꦁ (namung) (krama)
Derived terms
  • ꦔꦼꦩꦸꦔꦏꦺ (ngemungaké)
  • ꦩꦸꦁꦩꦸꦔꦤ꧀ (mung-mungan)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

ꦩꦸꦁ (mung)

  1. gong beat

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hindi मूँग (mūṅg), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga).

Noun

ꦩꦸꦁ (mung)

  1. mung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “mung”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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