kemuning

Indonesian

Dedaunan dan bunga kemuning.

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kemuning, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamuniŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmu.niŋ/
• Rhymes: -uniŋ
• Hyphenation: ke‧mu‧ning

Noun

kêmuning

1. orange jessamine (a south Asian shrub or small tree related to citrus, Murraya paniculata, grown for its evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers)

References

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

Malay

Noun

kemuning (Jawi spelling کمونيڠ)

1. orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kemuning
• → Cebuano: kamuning
• → Kapampangan: kamuning
• → Tagalog: kamuning

Further reading

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