tunang

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.naŋ/
  • Rhymes: -naŋ
  • Hyphenation: tu‧nang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tunang (“fiance”), from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤꦁ (tunang, “fiancé(e)”).

Noun

tunang (first-person possessive tunangku, second-person possessive tunangmu, third-person possessive tunangnya)

  1. fiancé, fiancée
Derived terms
  • bertunangan
  • mempertunangkan
  • menunangi
  • menunangkan
  • penunangan
  • pertunangan
  • petunang
  • tunangan

Etymology 2

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Noun

tunang (plural tunang-tunang, first-person possessive tunangku, second-person possessive tunangmu, third-person possessive tunangnya)

  1. (zoology) bluntnose snake eel (Ophichthus apicalis).
    Synonym: bangko

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tunang

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦤꦁ
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