ꦗꦺꦴꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese joṅ (“umbrella; ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuŋ/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒuŋ
• Hyphenation: jong

Noun

ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong)

1. (archaic) umbrella
2. (archaic) cover
3. ship

Derived terms

• ꦔꦼꦗꦺꦴꦁ (ngejong)
• ꦲꦗꦺꦴꦁ (ajong)

Descendants

• → English: djong
• → Malay: jong
  • > Indonesian: jung (inherited)
  • → Arabic: جُنْك (junk)
    • → Dutch: jonk, djonk
    • → Portuguese: junco, junquo, jungo
      • → English: junk
      • → Italian: giunco, giunca, giunchi (plural), giunche (plural), zonchi (plural)
        • → French: jonque
        • → German: Junke, Juncke, Dschunke
        • → Latin: junkus, iunca, iuncus
          • → Dutch: ionco, iunco
          • → Italian: ioncque
            • → French: ionct
            • → Spanish: iuncque
      • → Spanish: junco, juanga, joanga

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “jong”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

• “junk, n.³”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.