"gunting" meaning in Malay

See gunting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡunteŋ/ [Johor-Selangor], /ɡuntɪŋ/ [Riau-Lingga] Forms: ݢونتيڠ [Jawi], gunting-gunting [plural]
Rhymes: -untiŋ, -tiŋ, -iŋ Etymology: Blust (2010-2020) posits that, "The history of this word is still obscure. It is almost certainly a loan from some non-Austronesian source, and its distribution in most languages, including all those of the Philippines and eastern Indonesia, probably is a product of borrowing from Malay. However, it is also found in Old Javanese texts that are centuries old, and its application to terms in carpentry (Bikol) and house construction (Asilulu) raises questions about a possible earlier meaning that was later transferred to scissors once these were introduced. Despite the improbability of it being native, Dempwolff (1938) posited ‘Uraustronesisch’(Proto-Austronesian) *guntiŋ ‘scissors’, and Mills (1975) posited Proto-South Sulawesi *gun(tc)iŋ ‘shears; to cut’. (Blust posits that) The most likely source of this word, which shows irregular sound correspondences in several languages, is some southern form of Chinese, but this is yet to be confirmed. The use of scissors presumably spread widely within a short time because they offered a far more convenient means of cutting hair than was previously possible with the use of single straight blades, as with knives." Etymology templates: {{der|ms|zh|-}} Chinese, {{ncog|nan-hbl|銀剪|tr=gûn-chián}} Hokkien 銀剪 /银剪 (gûn-chián) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=ݢونتيڠ}} gunting (Jawi spelling ݢونتيڠ, plural gunting-gunting)
  1. scissors (tool used for cutting) Wikipedia link: Tang dynasty, ms:gunting Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-gunting-ms-noun-0dVJpTVf Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: guntingan [resultative (alt: -an) [clipping], locative (-an) (alt: -an) [clipping], collective (-an) (alt: -an) [clipping], variety (-an) (alt: -an) [clipping], verbal noun (-an) (alt: -an) [clipping], fruit] (-an) (alt: -an) [clipping], penggunting [agentive (alt: peN-), qualitative (peN-) (alt: peN-), instrumental (peN-) (alt: peN-), abstract (peN-) (alt: peN-), measure] (peN-) (alt: peN-), menggunting [agent focus] (alt: meN-) (english: to cut with scissors), mengguntingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (english: to cut something with scissors so as to create something; meN- + -kan), bergunting [stative (alt: beR-) (english: to have your hair cut, cut with scissors), habitual] (beR-) (alt: beR-) (english: to have your hair cut, cut with scissors), gunting babi, gunting pokok, gunting tiket, mata gunting, tukang gunting

Alternative forms

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    },
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          "alt": "-an",
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        {
          "alt": "-an",
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            "clipping"
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          "word": "fruit]"
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        {
          "alt": "peN-",
          "word": "penggunting [agentive"
        },
        {
          "alt": "peN-",
          "roman": "peN-",
          "word": "qualitative"
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        {
          "alt": "peN-",
          "roman": "peN-",
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        {
          "alt": "peN-",
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        {
          "alt": "peN-",
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        {
          "alt": "meN-",
          "english": "to cut with scissors",
          "word": "menggunting [agent focus]"
        },
        {
          "english": "to cut something with scissors so as to create something; meN- + -kan",
          "word": "mengguntingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive]"
        },
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          "english": "to have your hair cut, cut with scissors",
          "word": "bergunting [stative"
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        {
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          "roman": "beR-",
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        {
          "word": "gunting babi"
        },
        {
          "word": "gunting pokok"
        },
        {
          "word": "gunting tiket"
        },
        {
          "word": "mata gunting"
        },
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        "scissors (tool used for cutting)"
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        "Johor-Selangor"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuntɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-untiŋ"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iŋ"
    }
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  "word": "gunting"
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      "word": "mengguntingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive]"
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      "english": "to have your hair cut, cut with scissors",
      "roman": "beR-",
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    },
    {
      "word": "gunting babi"
    },
    {
      "word": "gunting pokok"
    },
    {
      "word": "gunting tiket"
    },
    {
      "word": "mata gunting"
    },
    {
      "word": "tukang gunting"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ݢونتيڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gunting-gunting",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
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        "scissors (tool used for cutting)"
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        "Tang dynasty",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡunteŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Johor-Selangor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuntɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-tiŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gunting"
}

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