kemuning

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kemuning, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamuniŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈmu.niŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uniŋ
  • Hyphenation: ke‧mu‧ning

Noun

kêmuning

  1. orange jessamine (a south Asian shrub or small tree related to citrus, Murraya paniculata, grown for its evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kemuniŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Noun

kemuning (Jawi spelling کمونيڠ)

  1. orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kemuning
  • → Cebuano: kamuning
  • → Kapampangan: kamuning
  • → Tagalog: kamuning

Further reading

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