นูนัง

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Urak Lawoi'

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanunaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuNaŋ (Cordia dichotoma). Compare Kedah Malay nonang (Cordia sp.).

The meaning is possibly a phono-semantic matching of English annona (custard apple).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nunaŋ/, [nuˈnʌŋ]

Noun

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นูนัง (nunang)

  1. custard apple

Further reading

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  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 139