gunung

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gunung, from Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ (compare Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung)).

Noun

gunung (plural gunung-gunung, first-person possessive gunungku, second-person possessive gunungmu, third-person possessive gunungnya)

mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Javanese

Romanization

gunung

Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *gunuŋ (compare Indonesian gunung), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ (compare Javanese ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ (gunung), Sundanese ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ (gunung)).

Pronunciation

(Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɡunoŋ/
(Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɡunʊŋ/
Rhymes: -unoŋ, -noŋ, -oŋ

Noun

gunung (Jawi spelling ݢونوڠ‎, plural gunung-gunung, informal first-person possessive gunungku, informal second-person possessive gunungmu, third-person possessive gunungnya)

mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

menggunung [agent focus] (meN-)
menggunungan [agent focus + timespan / emotion] (meN- + -an)
pergunungan [causative passive + timespan / emotion] (peR- + -an)

Other derivations and compound words:

bergunung-ganang (“mountainous”)
gegunungan (“artificial mound; small hill”)
gunung-gemunung (“mountain range”)
gunung berapi (“volcano”)

Related terms

bukit (“hill”)

Sundanese

Romanization

gunung

Romanization of ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ

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