wuni

Javanese

Romanization

wuni

1. Romanization of ꦮꦸꦤꦶ

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuni/
• Rhymes: -ni
• Hyphenation: wu‧ni

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, compare Malay sembunyi.

Noun

wuni

1. secret

Verb

wuni

1. to hide

Alternative forms

• uni

Derived terms

• amuni
• awuni
• pamuni
• winuni

Etymology 2

Cognate of Indonesian buni, Tagalog bignay.

Noun

wuni

1. (botany) bignay (Antidesma bunius).

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦸꦤꦶ (wuni)

Etymology 3

Noun

wuni

1. Alternative spelling of uni (“sound, voice; content”)

Further reading

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

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.ni/

Verb

wuni

1. (transitive) to watch

Conjugation

Conjugation of wuni

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		towuni	fowuni	miwuni
2nd person		nowuni	niwuni
3rd person	masculine	owuni	iwuni yowuni (archaic)
	feminine	mowuni
	neuter	iwuni

Alternative forms

• uni

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.n̪i/

Noun

wuni

1. Alternative form of uni (“blood”)

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics