dayung
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay dayung. Cognate with Old Javanese rayuṅ, dayuṅ.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdajuŋ/ [ˈda.jʊŋ]
- Rhymes: -ajuŋ
- Syllabification: da‧yung
Noun
dayung
- paddle
- a sport where the activity is paddling a boat
- (uncommon) pedal
- Synonym: pedal
- (ichthyology, uncommon) pectoral fin
- Synonym: sirip dada
Verb
dayung (active mendayung, passive didayung)
- (ambitransitive) to paddle (to propel something through water with a paddle)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dayung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Noun
dayung