sigung
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsiɡuŋ/ [ˈsi.ɡʊŋ]
- Rhymes: -iɡuŋ
- Syllabification: si‧gung
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Sundanese sigung. Sense of skunk is phono-semantic matching of Abenaki segôgw, a false cognate.
Noun
[edit]sigung
- Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis)
- skunk (mammals of the family Mephitidae)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]sigung (active menyigung, passive disigung)
Sundanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Despite similarities in forms and meaning, it is not related to Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”) and is considered a false cognate.
Noun
[edit]sigung (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮌᮥᮀ)
Further reading
[edit]- Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
Categories:
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/iɡuŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/iɡuŋ/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Sundanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Sundanese
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian verbs
- Indonesian obsolete forms
- id:Mephitids
- Indonesian heteronyms
- Sundanese lemmas
- Sundanese nouns
- su:Mephitids