hulun

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun (“outsiders, alien people”).

Noun

hulun

1. slave; servant
   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630):

     "...Anak bakti di bapa, éwé bakti di laki. hulun bakti di pacandaan, sisya bakti di guru, wang tani bakti di wado..."

     Children submit to their fathers; wives submit to their husbands; servants submit to their masters; students submit to their teachers; farmers submit to their wado...

Pronoun

hulun

1. (polite) I, me, my (1st person singular pronoun)
   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630):

     "sembahing hulun di sanghyang panca tatagata...."

     "My reverence to Sanghyang Pañca Tathāgata (the Five Tathāgatas)."