injuk
Sundanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *izuk (“the sugar palm”). Cognate with Indonesian ijuk.
Noun
[edit]injuk
- black, hairy fiber taken from the sugar palm tree (Arenga pinnata)
- sapu injuk ― palm-fiber broom
Further reading
[edit]- Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij