bungung

Makasar

Alternative forms

• buwung, bujung

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bu(b)un, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun (“well, cistern; spring”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuŋuŋ/, [ˈɓu.ŋũŋ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ngung

Noun

bungung (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨂᨘ)

1. well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids)

Affixations

• bungung-bungung

 

Compounds

• bungung barania
• bungung buta
• bungung lompo
• bungung nibandong
• bungung nibata
• bungung nikalliʼ
• bungung nikompa
• bungung nitemboʼ
• bungung sanrangang
• bungung taesaʼ

 

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI