junjung

English

Etymology

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Noun

junjung (plural junjungs)

1. A royal war drum used by the Serer people.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• djoendjoeng (1901–1947)
• djundjung (1947–1972)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒund͡ʒuŋ/ [ˈd͡ʒun.d͡ʒʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -und͡ʒuŋ
• Syllabification: jun‧jung

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay junjung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuŋzuŋ.

Verb

junjung (active menjunjung, passive dijunjung)

1. (transitive) to carry on the head; to uphold
2. (transitive, figurative) to honour (to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of)

Derived terms

• junjungan
• junjungkan
• penjunjung

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

junjung

1. stick (pole, etc.) on which plants grow or twine

   Synonym: junjungan

Derived terms

• junjungan

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zuŋzuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuŋzuŋ (“carry on the head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuɲd͡ʒuŋ/
• Rhymes: -uɲd͡ʒuŋ

Verb

junjung (Jawi spelling جونجوڠ)

1. (transitive) to carry something on the head, to support, to elevate, to lift
2. (figurative, transitive) to obey

   Synonyms: patuh, turut

3. (transitive, figurative) to value highly

   Synonym: hargai

Noun

junjung (Jawi spelling جونجوڠ, plural junjung-junjung, informal 1st possessive junjungku, 2nd possessive junjungmu, 3rd possessive junjungnya)

1. trellis, structure for supporting creeping plants

   Synonyms: jeriji, turus

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• junjungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• penjunjungan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• menjunjung kasih

Descendants

• Indonesian: junjung

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zuŋzuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جنجڠ djoendjoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 104
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جنجڠ junjong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 234
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “junjong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 488

Further reading

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