gunung

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare to Malay gunung, Sundanese gunung, and Javanese gunung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡunuŋ/
• Hyphenation: gu‧nung

Noun

gunung

1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Coordinate terms

• bukit (“hill”)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• goenoeng (1901–1947)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gunung. Compare to Brunei Malay gunung, Sundanese gunung, and Javanese gunung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/ [ˈɡu.nʊŋ]

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• Rhymes: -unuŋ
• Syllabification: gu‧nung

Noun

gunung (plural gunung-gunung)

1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

   Synonym: (rare) ardi

Derived terms

• bergunung-gunung
• gunung-ganang
• gunung-gemunung
• gunung-gunungan
• gunungan
• menggunung
• pegunungan
• pergunungan

Further reading

• “gunung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

gunung

1. Romanization of ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ

Malay

gunung dilitupi salji

Etymology

Compare to Brunei Malay gunung, Sundanese gunung, and Javanese gunung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡunuŋ/ [ˈɡu.nuŋ]
• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈɡunoŋ/ [ˈɡu.noŋ]
• Hyphenation: gu‧nung
• Rhymes: -unuŋ

Noun

gunung (Jawi spelling ݢونوڠ, plural gunung-gunung, informal 1st possessive gunungku, 2nd possessive gunungmu, 3rd possessive gunungnya)

1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

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

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

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

Descendants

• Indonesian: gunung

See also

• bukit (“hill”)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢونڠ goenoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 109
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢونڠ gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 583
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gunong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 381-2

Further reading

• “gunung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Noun

gunung (Sundanese script ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ)

1. mountain