tenung

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.nuŋ/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [t̪əˈnʊŋ], [t̪əˈnoŋ], [t̪əˈno̞ŋ]
• Rhymes: -nuŋ, -uŋ, -noŋ, -oŋ

Verb

tenung (Jawi spelling تنوڠ)

1. to gaze fixedly; to stare

   Synonyms: renung, tatap

2. to foretell; to forecast

   Synonyms: tilik, ramal

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penenung [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• tenungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menenung [agent focus] (meN-)
• ditenung [patient focus] (di-)
• tertenung [agentless action] (teR-)
• bertenung [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tenung
• → Tagalog: tanong

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

cf. Malay tenung, Tagalog tanong (“question”).

Verb

tenung (Sundanese script ᮒᮨᮔᮥᮀ)

1. to foretell

Noun

tenung (Sundanese script ᮒᮨᮔᮥᮀ)

1. divination; clairvoyance

Derived terms

• juru tenung
• katenung

Further reading

• "TENOENG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij