deungeun

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɤ.ŋɤn/

Preposition

deungeun

1. with; along with; in addition to
   • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:

     "Kitu upamana urang leumpang ka Jawa, hamo nurut carekna deungeun carana, mangu rasa urang."

     "For example, if we go to Java, [whilst] not following their [native] tongue and customs, we will feel lost."

   • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:

     "Upama urang mandi, cai pitemu urang héngan ta na cai dwa piliheun(a)na; nu keruh deungeun nu hérang."

     Like when we bathe, the water we find will only have two choices: the turbid one, and the clear one."

Noun

deungeun

1. companion; fellow
   • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:

     "...mulah hiri mulah dengki deung deungeun sakahulunan."

     "...do not be envious or jealous with thy fellow servants."

Derived terms

• pideungeuneun

Further reading

• Karlina, Ninien, et al. (1993) Serat Siksa Kanda Karesian (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Directorate General of Culture – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese deungeun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɤ.ŋɤn/
• Hyphenation: deu‧ngeun

Noun

deungeun

1. companion
2. side dish for rice (usually paired with sangu (“rice”))

   Deungeun sangu keur peuting naon waé?

   What's the side dish for the night?

See also

• deungeun-deungeun
• bangsa deungeun

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia