maung

See also: Maung

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese maung. Doublet of harimau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauŋ/
• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /maoŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /maʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -auŋ

Noun

maung (Jawi spelling ماءوڠ)

1. Synonym of harimau

Sundanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-maquŋ (“wild feline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʊŋ/

Noun

maung

1. tiger

Descendants

• → Malay: maung

Further reading

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