santun

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay santun

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsantun/ [ˈsan.t̪ʊn]
• Rhymes: -antun
• Syllabification: san‧tun

Adjective

santun

1. courteous, decent, polite
2. benevolent, kind, sympathetic, helpful.

Derived terms

• kesantunan
• menyantun
• penyantun
• penyantunan
• santunan
• santuni
• tersantun

 

Further reading

• “santun” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

santun

1. Romanization of ꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san.tun/
• Rhymes: -antun
• Hyphenation: san‧tun

Etymology 1

From sāri (“quintessence; pollen, flower”) +‎ -ntun.

Noun

santun

1. pollen
2. flower

Derived terms

• caraṅ santun

 

Etymology 2

From sari (“continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly, lastingly; day after day”) +‎ -ntun.

Root

santun

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• asantun
• tan asantun

 

Further reading

• "santun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.