jagung

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡʊŋ/
• Hyphenation: ja‧gung

Noun

jagung

1. maize; corn

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jagung, from Javanese ꦗꦮ​ꦲꦒꦸꦁ (jawa agung, literally “big jawa (foxtail millet)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɡʊŋ/
• Hyphenation: ja‧gung

Noun

jagung (uncountable)

1. maize; corn

Derived terms

• berjagung-jagung
• menjagung

• jagung manis
• jagung terubuk
• jagung titi
• jagung tumbuk

• jasuke

Further reading

• “jagung” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦮ​ꦲꦒꦸꦁ (jawa agung). Compound of ꦗꦮ jawa, a contraction of ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ juwawut "foxtail millet" + ꦲꦒꦸꦁ agung "big". Cognate to Sundanese jagong. Attested in the Tanjung Tanah manuscript dated 14th century CE, Latin form djagoeng first mentioned in the Nederlandsch-Indisch Plakaatboek dated 1800.

Noun

jagung (Jawi spelling جاݢوڠ, plural jagung-jagung, informal 1st possessive jagungku, 2nd possessive jagungmu, 3rd possessive jagungnya)

1. maize; corn
2. (obsolete) sorghum

Derived terms

• tepung jagung
• bertih jagung
• emping jagung

Descendants

• Indonesian: jagung

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جاݢڠ djagoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 98
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جاݢڠ jagong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 215-6
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “jagong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 435

Further reading

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