kuning

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

kuning (Balinese script ᬓᬸᬦᬶᬂ) (medya)

  1. yellow
  2. west, western

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kuning

  1. lightning (flash of light)

Adjective

kuning

  1. lightning (Extremely fast or sudden)

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kunit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.niŋ/

Adjective

kuning

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning

  1. yellow (colour)

Hiligaynon

Noun

kuníng

  1. cat

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kunit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.niəŋ/

Noun

kuning

  1. yellow

Adjective

kuning

  1. yellow

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuning, from Proto-Malayic *kunit (compare Malay kuning, Minangkabau kuniang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij (compare Acehnese kuneng, Javanese kuning, Madurese koneng, Sasak koning, Sundanese koneng, West Coast Bajau kuning).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkunɪŋ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ning

Adjective

kuning

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning (plural kuning-kuning)

  1. yellow (colour)

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)
     putih      abu-abu, kelabu      hitam
             merah; kirmizi              jingga; cokelat, pirang tua              kuning; krem
             hijau pupus, hijau limau              hijau              hijau pudina; hijau tua
             nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut              biru langit, nilakandi              biru
             lembayung; nila              patma; ungu              merah jambu, merah muda

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

kuning (ngoko kuning, krama jené)

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning (ngoko kuning, krama jené)

  1. yellow (colour)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kunit (compare Indonesian kuning, Minangkabau kuniang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij (compare Acehnese kuneng, Javanese kuning, Madurese koneng, Sasak koning, Sundanese koneng, West Coast Bajau kuning) hence doublet of kunyit.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kuneŋ/
  • (Perak) IPA(key): /kunen/
  • (Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /kunɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uneŋ, -neŋ, -eŋ
  • Rhymes: -iŋ

Adjective

kuning (Jawi spelling کونيڠ)

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning (Jawi spelling کونيڠ, plural kuning-kuning)

  1. yellow (colour)

Further reading

Old Dutch

Noun

kuning m

  1. alternative spelling of cuninc

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.ninɡ/, [ˈku.niŋɡ]

Noun

kuning m

  1. alternative form of cyning

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative kuning kuningas
accusative kuning kuningas
genitive kuninges kuninga
dative kuninge kuningum

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kuning m (plural kuninga)

  1. king

Declension

Declension of kuning (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative kuning kuningā, kuninga
accusative kuning kuningā, kuninga
genitive kuninges kuningo
dative kuninge kuningum
instrumental kuningu

Descendants

  • Middle High German: künic, künec

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kuning m

  1. king
    • 9th c. Heliand, verse 60-64
      Erodes was an Hierusalem oƀer that Judeono folk gikoran te kuninge, sō ina thie kēser thārod, fon Rūmuburg rīki thiodan satta undar that gisīđi.
      Herodes was chosen as king in Jerusalem over the Jewish nation, so there the emperor, powerful ruler from Rome placed him among the servants.

Declension

kuning (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative kuning kuningos
accusative kuning kuningos
genitive kuninges kuningō
dative kuninge kuningum
instrumental

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: könink, könnink, kunig

References

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Noun

kuning (genitive kuninga, partitive kuningat)

  1. king

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

kuning

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning

  1. yellow (colour)