mendung
Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mən.duŋ/
Adjective
mendung
- cloudy (weather)
Synonyms
- beawan
Antonyms
- (weather) cerah
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mənduŋ/
- Hyphenation: mēn‧dung
Noun
mēndung (plural mendung-mendung)
Adjective
mêndung
- cloudy
- Synonym: berawan
Further reading
- “mendung” 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
Pronunciation
- (Baku) IPA(key): /mənˈduŋ/ [mənˈduŋ]
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /mənˈdoŋ/ [mənˈdoŋ]
- Rhymes: -uŋ, -oŋ
- Hyphenation: men‧dung
Noun
mendung (Jawi spelling مندوڠ, plural mendung-mendung)
Adjective
mendung (Jawi spelling مندوڠ)
Synonyms
- (weather): berawan, berawan hitam, gabak, gelap, gobar, kelam, malap, redum, redup, sabak, suram
- (face): layu, pucat, suram, udam
Antonyms
- (weather): cerah
- (face): berseri
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- awan mendung (“rain cloud”)
- hari mendung (“cloudy day”)
- langit mendung (“clouded sky”)
- mega mendung (“rain cloud”)
- mendung bawah (“undercast”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: mendung
References
- "mendung" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Further reading
- “mendung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.