tail

tael (A unit of weight corresponding to about 40 grams)


waas

Abdi mah mun ningali pasawahan téh sok waas.

Whenever I look at the rice fields, I'm always nostalgic.

feeling nostalgic; melancholic; wistful; saudade


lada

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq.


ringgit

ringgit (canonical)
ᮛᮤᮀᮌᮤᮒ᮪ (canonical)
ringgit (alternative)

(historical, numismatics) Spanish dollar (former currency unit of Spain); piece of eight


mengi

(pathology) dyspnea (difficulty breathing)


buta

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”).


mara

(botany) Macaranga tanarius (parasol leaf tree)


profesor

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).


bata

A unit of area equivalent to a square tumbak or five-hundredth of a bahu, roughly 14 square meters


Alkitab

ᮃᮜ᮪ᮊᮤᮒᮘ᮪ ᮃᮜ᮪ᮊᮤᮒᮘ᮪#Sundanese


menit

samenit


padri

From Portuguese padre (“priest”), from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin pater, patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).


puas

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas. Sense of 'satisfied in general' as a semantic loan from Indonesian puas

satisfied upon other's suffering or misfortune; to feel schadenfreude


puas

Puas tah katangkep! Bongan saha ngebut?

Thank goodness you got caught! Whose fault was it for speeding?

word to express anger or irritation; take that!


siam

Borrowed from Arabic صيام (“fast”). Doublet of saum


orat

From Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra). Compare Indonesian aurat.


keton

(historical, numismatics) ducaton (old Dutch silver money, valued around 3.15 guilders)


hiri

Inherited from Old Sundanese hiri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiʀih. Cognate with Indonesian iri.

Tong silih pahiri-hiri


sénat

From Indonesian senat or directly from Dutch senaat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).


joho

joho (canonical)
ᮏᮧᮠᮧ (canonical)
joho (alternative)


awis

ᮃᮝᮤᮞ᮪ ᮃᮝᮤᮞ᮪#Sundanese


haji

From Malay haji, from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).


kuris

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuris (“scabies”). Cognate with Iban kuris (“sores”), Paiwan kuris (“scabies”).


paku

Compare Javanese ꦥꦏꦸ (paku), Balinese ᬧᬓᬸ, Malay paku.

nail (fastener with a sharp point on one end)


kujang

A sword-like weapon with the traditional Sundanese characteristic arts.


budak

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budak (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮓᮊ᮪, plural barudak)

ᮘᮥᮓᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)
barudak (plural)

From Old Sundanese budak, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik, *ɗiik, *ɗiək (“slave”). Word and sense related to Malay budak.

der

Kunaon éta budak teu indit ka sakola?


réal

Borrowed from Portuguese real, from Latin royal, from Latin king, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

(historical, numismatics) real (former currency of Spain)


kuyuk

bamboo shoots or young tip of coconut (humbut) which are soaked until soft


ᮠᮦᮏᮧ

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ᮠᮦᮏᮧ • (héjo)


ᮠᮦᮏᮧ

ᮠᮦᮏᮧ • (héjo)


Ahad

Ultimately from Arabic اَلْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad).


lebak

lebak (canonical)
ᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪ (canonical)
lebak (alternative)

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“ravine, glen, valley”). Cognate with Tagalog lubak, Maguindanao lebak, and Tausug lubbak.


ᮘᮩᮞᮤ

Borrowed from Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

(physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)


ᮃᮍᮤᮔ᮪

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.


sujud

From Malay sujud, from Arabic سُجُود (sujūd), سَجَدَ (sajada, “to prostrate oneself, to bow down”).


hideung

ᮠᮤᮓᮩᮀ ᮠᮤᮓᮩᮀ#Sundanese


ᮍᮜᮠᮤᮁᮊᮩᮔ᮪

to bear (give birth to a child), to undergo childbirth


ᮇᮒᮧᮒ᮪

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ᮇᮒᮧᮒ᮪ • (otot)


ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *gunuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gunuŋ.


ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ • (entéh)


ᮓᮨᮒᮤᮊ᮪

ᮓᮨᮒᮤᮊ᮪ • (detik)


ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ

From ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ (gelombang, “wave”) + ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ (mikro, “micro-”), calque of English microwave.


ᮞ᮪ᮕᮦᮞᮤᮆᮞ᮪

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ᮞ᮪ᮕᮦᮞᮤᮆᮞ᮪ • (spésiés)


ᮘᮜᮧᮀ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqeluŋ (“small shallow body of water”)


ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ

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ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ • (élmu)


ᮌᮤᮔ᮪ᮏᮜ᮪

ᮌᮤᮔ᮪ᮏᮜ᮪ • (ginjal)


ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪

ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪ • (kanjut)

Sense of 'sack' or 'purse' is no longer in common modern usage. Anatomical sense might have been from a clipping of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪ ᮊᮧᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮜ᮪ (kanjut kontol, “lit. sack of the penis”), now synonymous with ᮊᮧᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮜ᮪ (kontol, “penis”).

clipping

ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪ ᮊᮧᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮜ᮪

(now anatomy, by extension, vulgar) penis; dick


jabar

jabar (canonical)
ᮏᮘᮁ (canonical)
jabar (alternative)

Borrowed from Persian زبر (zebar), from Classical Persian زبر (zabar).

(linguistics) fatha, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /a/: ـَ.


Salasa

Ultimately from Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ).

der

Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ)


ᮠᮤᮓᮩᮀ

kopi hideung – black coffee


ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ

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ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ • (konéng)


ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ

ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ • (konéng)


ᮙᮁᮎᮕᮓ

From Sanskrit मर्त्य (martya, “mortal”) + पद (pada, “place”).


ᮝᮔ

From Sanskrit वन (vana, “forest, wood”).


ᮅᮛᮀ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”).


panday

From Old Sundanese panday, from Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀅 (paṃḍia), from Sanskrit पाण्ड्यः (pāṇḍyaḥ, “best of the learned”).


bobotoh

From Old Sundanese bobotoh (“to bet”), from Old Javanese bobotoh (“to bet”)

(soccer, sometimes capitalized) a supporter of Persib Bandung football club, a football club based in Bandung.


kiray

Daun kiray dipaké hateup.

Sago palm leaves are used for thatched roof.


bitis

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bities, compare Malay betis.


ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮃᮔ᮪

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ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮃᮔ᮪ • (sampéan)


ᮜᮩᮍᮩᮔ᮪

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *leŋen. (cf. Indonesian lengan, Balinese ᬍᬗᭂᬦ᭄, Javanese lengen, Coastal Kadazan hongon)


pindang

salted and boiled fish or meat; pindang meat


ᮒᮤᮙᮂ

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq.


ᮒᮅᮔ᮪

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun

inh+

ᮒᮓᮤ, ᮃᮚ ᮔᮥ ᮔᮛᮧᮞ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮃᮚᮩᮔ ᮒᮅᮔ᮪ ᮞᮘᮛᮠ.

Earlier, someone asked what year is it now.

Tadi, aya nu naroskeun ayeuna taun sabaraha.


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮨᮃᮀ

From ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ (mesin, “engine”) + ᮒᮨᮃᮀ (teang, “search”). Calque of English search engine.


Sura

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫ (Sura, “Muharram, Sura”) from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day, notably the tenth day of the month Muharram”).

bor

Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)


Mustari

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Mustari or ᮙᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮛᮤ or مُسْتَرِي • (mustari)

Mustari (canonical)
ᮙᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮛᮤ (canonical)
مُسْتَرِي (canonical)
mustari (alternative)

From Malay Musytari, from Classical Malay مشتري, from Arabic مُشْتَرِي (muštarī). Doublet of mustari


kasumba

Ultimately from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha). Cf. Cebuano kasubha, Tagalog kasubha, Ilocano kasumba, and Malay kesumba).

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius#Translingual

(botany) safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)


carakan

the traditional arrangement of the letters of the Sundanese alphabet.


ᮜᮤᮔᮤ

From Proto-Austronesian *linuʀ (“earthquake”).


ᮌᮨᮒᮤᮂ

Borrowed from Old Javanese gĕtih, gĕtah (“blood”, literally “sap, fluid”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gətəq (“sap, gummy secretion”), *-təq (“sap, gummy secretion”). Cognate to Javanese ꦒꦼꦠꦶꦃ (getih), Balinese ᬕᭂᬢᬶᬄ


ᮘᮥᮜᮇ

From Dutch blauw, from Middle Dutch blau, from Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu.


ᮊᮥᮊᮥ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.


ᮘᮥᮜᮔ᮪

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

month (period into which a year is divided)


ᮘᮚᮂ

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq. Cognate with Tagalog baga, Ilocano bara, and Kavalan balaq.


ᮃᮘᮂ

→ Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.


ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮞᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮓᮥᮃ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮒᮤᮜᮥ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮇᮕᮒ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮜᮤᮙ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮌᮨᮔᮨᮕ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮒᮥᮏᮥᮂ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮓᮜᮕᮔ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮞᮜᮕᮔ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ


Mulud

Borrowed from Malay Mulud, Maulud, from Classical Malay مولود (“Mawlid”), from Arabic مَوْلُود (mawlūd, “born”), referring to the birthmonth of Prophet Muhammad

(Islam) The third month of the Islamic calendar and birthmonth of Prophet Muhammad; Rabi I; Rabi-al-awwal


ᮜᮚᮁ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

(nautical) sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)


paraji

doula (a person, usually a woman, that assists in childbirth); midwife

circumciser (a person who performs circumcision)


adus

From Javanese adus (“to bathe”), from Old Javanese adus (“to bathe”), from affixed dus (“bath”) + a- (“active verb-forming prefix”), from Proto-Austronesian *diRus (“to bathe”)

af

(Islam) to bathe to restore purity; to perform ghusl


hangit

From Proto-Austronesian *qaŋeSit (“stench, musky odor of an animal”) or Proto-Austronesian *qaŋeliC (“stench of burning substances”). Compare Malay hangit, Tagalog anghít.

inh

having the foul smell of clothes burning


peuting

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pətəŋ (“dark, obscure”), cognates with Malay petang (“afternoon”), Minangkabau patang (“yesterday”), Javanese peteng (“dark”).

the time from sunset to sunrise, dusk, night


catang bobo

Literally, "rotten tree log", which is full of holes.


dat areng

Compound of dat + areng (“charcoal”). Calque of Dutch koolstof (“carbon, coalstuff”). Compare Indonesian zat arang, Japanese 炭素(たんそ) (tanso).


dat haseum

Compound of dat + haseum (“acid”). Calque of Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”, literally “sourstuff”). Compare Indonesian zat asam, Japanese 酸素(さんそ) (sanso).


sénti

From Dutch centimeter, from French centimètre.


kecap panganteur

(grammar) inchoative verb; inchoative aspect (a verb that shows a process of beginning or becoming)


ᮎᮄ

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.


tumbak

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbak (“spear”).

A unit of length equal to 12 feet or 1 Rhineland rod (377.7 cm)


koyan

A former unit of weight equivalent to around 30 piculs


sinom

a form of pupuh/canto which consists of nine lines and has the following requirements for the total syllable and ending vowel:

Line 1: 8 syllables, 'a' in the last syllable.

Line 2: 8 syllables, 'i' in the last syllable.

Line 3: 8 syllables, 'a' in the last syllable.

Line 4: 8 syllables, 'i' in the last syllable.

Line 5: 7 syllables, 'i' in the last syllable.

Line 6: 8 syllables, 'u' in the last syllable.

Line 7: 7 syllables, 'a' in the last syllable.

Line 8: 8 syllables, 'i' in the last syllable.

Line 9: 12 syllables, 'a' in the last syllable.


ᮞᮛᮥᮀ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (sarung).

inh+

sarong (garment made of batik or ikat cloth wrapped about the waist)


ᮎᮥᮛᮥᮌ᮪

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ᮎᮥᮛᮥᮌ᮪ • (curug)

→ Indonesian: curug


ᮓᮥᮃ

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.


ᮞᮕᮥᮜᮥᮂ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa-puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *sa-puluq.


ᮒᮥᮏᮥᮂ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq (“to point at”) from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq (“to point at, point out; give directions”).


ᮞᮜᮕᮔ᮪

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa (“one”) + *alap (“fetch, take”) + *-an, etymologically "one taken away from ten". Reanalayzed as ᮞ- (sa-) + ᮃᮜᮕ᮪ (alap) + -ᮃᮔ᮪ (-an). Compare Indonesian delapan.


ᮓᮜᮕᮔ᮪

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha (“two”) + *alap (“fetch, take”) + *-an, etymologically "two taken away from ten". Reanalayzed as ᮓᮥᮃ (dua) + ᮃᮜᮕ᮪ (alap) + -ᮃᮔ᮪ (-an). Compare Indonesian delapan.


ᮌᮨᮔᮨᮕ᮪

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ᮌᮨᮔᮨᮕ᮪ • (genep)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gənəp.


ᮇᮕᮒ᮪

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.


ᮜᮤᮙ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.


Muharom

Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)


Rojab

Rajab, 7th month of the Islamic calendar


Rayagung

Borrowed from Javanese Rayagung (“Dhulhijja”), named after one of the main Islamic holiday, Eid al-Adha. Can be constructed as raya (“great, holiday”) + agung (“great”).

compound

Zulhijjah, the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar


Abiyasa

Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यास (vyāsa, “Vyasa”).

(Hinduism) Vyasa, name of a Hindu sage and author who authored Mahabharata.


angeun

Angeun kacang, angeun kacang, sapariuk kosong

Bean broth, bean broth, the whole pot is emptied


alpuket

Borrowed from Indonesian alpukat, from Spanish avocado via Arabic الْأَفُوكَاتَة (al-ʔafūkāta, “avocado”). Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado fruit”)

der

الْأَفُوكَاتَة

Barack Obama rék meuli alpuket lima ton ti kebon urang

"Barack Obama is going to buy five tons of avocado from my plantation"


ragaji

ragaji ranté


deungeun

From Old Sundanese deungeun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋan.

Deungeun sangu keur peuting naon waé?

side dish for rice (usually paired with sangu (“rice”))


Silih Mulud

From silih (“to switch, turn”) + Mulud (“Rabi al-Awwal”)

compound

Rabi II, the fourth month of the Islamic calendar


Hapit

From Javanese ꦄꦥꦶꦠ꧀ (Apit), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapit (“to press together (between two surfaces”), from Proto-Austronesian *Sapit. Named after the fact that Dhu'l-Qa'da is set between two months with major Islamic holidays, Sha'ban (Eid al-Fitr) and Zulhijjah (Eid al-Adha).


baheula

→ Indonesian: bahela

Baheula mah teu aya nu wani ameng di luar peuting-peuting.

Back in the day, nobody dared to play outside at night.


pitnah

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”)


kasurupan

possession (the state of being controlled by evil spirits)


salatri

acid reflux caused by excessive hunger or skipping a meal, with the main symptoms being acute stomachache and fatigue.


hariang

A given name designated for legendary figures


lebé

lebé (canonical)
ᮜᮨᮘᮦ (canonical)
lebé (alternative)

From Malay lebai, from Classical Malay لباي (lĕbai), from Tamil லப்பை (lappai), a name of a trading community.

(Islam, religion) village official in charge of Muslim religious affairs (e.g. marriage or death)


béntang kidang

Compound of béntang (“star”) + kidang (“muntjac”)

compound+

(Banten, astronomy) Orion (the constellation)


ᮙᮤᮒᮧᮠ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-tuqah (“old, of people”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-tuqaS (“old, of people”). Cognate with Badui ᮙᮤᮒᮧᮠ (mitoha), Indonesian mertua, Malay mentua, Buginese matoa


Juhara

Juhara (canonical)
ᮏᮥᮠᮛ (canonical)
juhara (alternative)

From Malay Zuharah. Classical Malay زهره (Zuharah), from Arabic اَلزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara).


ᮃᮀᮌᮛ

From Old Javanese aṅgara, from Sanskrit अङ्गार (aṅgāra).


péés

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péés or ᮕᮦᮆᮞ᮪ • (péés)

péés (canonical)
ᮕᮦᮆᮞ᮪ (canonical)
péés (alternative)

Borrowed from Persian پیش (pēš, “in front, in advance, damma”), from Middle Persian.

bor+

(linguistics) damma, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /u/: ـُ.


jéér

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jéér or ᮏᮦᮆᮁ • (jéér)

jéér (canonical)
ᮏᮦᮆᮁ (canonical)
jéér (alternative)

Borrowed from Persian زیر (zēr, “underneath, kasra”).

bor+

(linguistics) kasra, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /i/: ـِ.


élo

(historical) ell (A unit of length corresponding to about 69 cm)


jeungjeuriheun

(pathology) dysuria (experienceing pain when dischargeing urine)


ᮝᮓᮔ

From Javanese ꦮꦼꦢꦤ (wedana), ꦮꦢꦤ (wadana), from Old Javanese wadana (“face; chief, head”), from Sanskrit वदन (vadana, “mouth, face”).

der

ᮙᮨᮔᮊ᮪ ᮊᮤ ᮙᮞ᮪ ᮒᮔᮥ, ᮔᮥ ᮏᮓᮤ ᮝᮓᮔ
Menak Ki Mas Tanu, nu jadi wadana
The nobleman Ki Mas Tanu, who became a wedana

(dated, government) head of an administrative district; wedana


sandékala

Perhaps from Sanskrit संध्याकाल (saṃdhyākāla, “dusk”), from संध्या (saṃdhyā) + काल (kāla). Cognate with Indonesian senjakala.

bor

evening; dusk (the time when spirits begin to wander)

Mun tos magrib geura uih, bisi diculik sandékala!
When it's sunset, go home. Otherwise, you'll be kidnapped by sandékala!

(mythology) a supernatural entity that kidnaps children playing outside at nightfall


sareupna

From reup (“indicating the onset of darkness”) + sa- -na. Literally, 'as it dusks/darkens'. Compare Vietnamese tối (“dark, period of time after sunset”)

cog

the hour of dusk; an hour (wanci) in the Sundanese traditional timekeeping system equivalent to around 6 p.m.


kecap barang

Compound of kecap (“word”) + barang (“thing”), calque of Dutch dingwoord (“noun, substantive”, literally “thing word”). Compare Indonesian kata benda.


rajékan dwipurwa

rajékan (“reduplication”) + dwi (“two”) + purwa (“beginning”)

compound

langit (“sky”) → lalangit (“ceiling”)
tangga (“stairs, ladder”) → tatangga (“neighbor”)
mobil (“car”) → momobilan (“toy car”)
rusuh (“hasty”) → rurusuhan (“hastily”)

(linguistics, grammar) prefixal reduplication (a form of reduplication in which the initial part of a word is repeated or duplicated)


rajékan trilingga

(linguistics, grammar) triple reduplication; triplication (a form of reduplication in Sundanese grammar)


kecap asal

Kecap asalna "ngabuburit" téh nyaéta "burit".


kecap bilangan

kecap (“word”) + bilangan (“number”). Calque of Indonesian kata bilangan, itself from Dutch telwoord (“numeral, literally "count(ing) word"”).


kecap pagawéan

kecap (“word”) + pagawéan (“work, occupation”). Calque of Dutch werkwoord (“verb, literally "work(ing) word"”). Compare Indonesian kata kerja


ton Batawi

ton (“ton”) + Batawi (“Batavia”), literally "Batavian ton"

(obsolete, rare) A unit of volume equivalent to around 0,93 hectolitres.


Bentang Padati

Compound of béntang (“star”) + padati (“cart”)

compound+

(astronomy) Big Dipper (the constellation)


Béntang Langlayangan

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Béntang Langlayangan (Sundanese script ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ ᮜᮍᮣᮚᮍᮔ᮪)

béntang (“star”) + langlayangan (“kite”)

compound

Toekang ngala laoek di basisir Priangan (Palaboeanratoe djst.) katjida njarahoëunana kana Bentang-Langlajangan teh, sarta ― tjĕnah ― gĕde goenana.

1930, “Elmoe Palak”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, Panonpoë, Boelan, djeung Bentang, page 358:

Fishermen along the coast of Priangan (such as in Palabuhanratu etc.) are very familiar with the constellation of Crux and it is said to be very useful.


kosambi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasambiʔ. Cognate with Indonesian kesambi.

(botany) a kind of ironwood tree; Schleichera oleosa


hampelas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pelas (“tree with leaves like sandpaper”). Cognate with Indonesian ampelas.


parung

A shallow but swift part of a river between two pools; a riffle or a rapid


Tapékong

Borrowed from Hokkien 大伯公 (Tōa-peh-kong)

Tua Pek Kong (a male deity worshipped in Peranakan Chinese beliefs)


ᮒᮦᮁᮙᮧᮓᮤᮔᮙᮤᮊ

ᮠᮥᮊᮥᮙ᮪ ᮒᮦᮁᮙᮧᮓᮤᮔᮙᮤᮊ ᮔᮥ ᮊᮠᮤᮏᮤ ᮑᮒᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮚᮦᮔ᮪ ᮆᮔᮨᮁᮌᮤ ᮒᮦᮂ ᮠᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮩ ᮘᮤᮞ ᮓᮤᮎᮤᮕ᮪ᮒᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮃᮒᮝ ᮓᮤᮘᮤᮔᮞᮊᮩᮔ᮪, ᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮤᮞ ᮓᮤᮅᮘᮂ ᮠᮥᮀᮊᮥᮜ᮪ ᮊᮔ ᮘᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮊ᮪ ᮔᮥ ᮞᮦᮏᮦᮔ᮪

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed into other forms.

Hukum térmodinamika nu kahiji nyatakeun yén énergi téh henteu bisa diciptakeun atawa dibinasakeun, ngan bisa diubah hungkul kana bentuk nu séjén


bungin

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhaŋin (“sandbank”). Compare Tagalog buhangin, Kapampangan buangin.


ᮜᮝᮦ

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ᮜᮝᮦ • (lawé)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦮꦺ (lawé, “thread, unit of 25”)

bor+

ᮞᮜᮝᮦ

ᮓᮥᮃ ᮜᮝᮦ

ᮒᮤᮜᮥ ᮜᮝᮦ

(to form numbers that are multiple of 25)


kuéh

From Hokkien 粿 (kóe, “rice cake”). Cognate with Indonesian kue, Malay kuih.


Murjangkung

(historical) Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies


pagéto amat

Ayeuna Ahad, pagéto Salasa, pagéto amat Rebo.

Today is Sunday, the day after tomorrow is Tuesday, the day after that is Wednesday.

two days after tomorrow
two days after tomorrow

three days from today; two days after tomorrow


kareumbi

the mouse deer's poplar (Homalanthus populneus)


pelengkung

/pə.ləŋˈkʊŋ/

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋkuŋ. Cognate with Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦼꦁꦏꦸꦁ (plengkung), Old Javanese pĕlĕṅkuṅ, Malay pelengkung.

Monumén 'Gateway Arch' di Amérika téh bentukna jiga pelengkung.

The Gateway Arch monument in America is shaped like an arch.


rarangkén

Perhaps related to Malay rangkai (“to arrange, string, create”).

cog

(linguistics) diacritics belonging to the Sundanese and/or Javanese script to mark vowels, consonants, or virama


rajékan dwimurni

rajékan (“reduplication”) + dwi (“two”) + murni (“pure, unaltered”)

compound

jalma (“person”) → jalma-jalma (“people”)
aki (“grandfather”) → aki-aki (“old man”)
mobil (“car”) → mobil-mobil (“cars”)
isuk (“morning”) → isuk-isuk (“very early in the morning”)

(linguistics, grammar) full reduplication


hangseur

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaŋeseʀ (“stench of urine”). Cognate with Ilocano angseg

inh+

Naha mani hangseur jamban téh?

having the foul smell of urine; piss stink


ᮔᮤᮜ

From Pali nīla (“blue”), from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark color”).

ᮔᮤᮜ:


Nénéng

→ Indonesian: Neneng

From néng (“term of endearment to address a girl”). Compare Tagalog Neneng


Rewah

From Javanese ꦫꦸꦮꦃ (Ruwah, “Sha'ban”), from Arabic أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ, “spirit; soul”), from the local's custom of praying for the spirits of the deceased during said month.


sumujud

Pa Ustad nu keur ngimaman jamaah sumujud dina luhureun sajadah

The Ustad who is leading the congregation prostrates on the prayer mat.


tumaninah

From Malay tumakninah, tamakninah, from Arabic طمأنينة (“tranquility”)

(Islam) (in performing salat) to be calm and motionless in certain positions


hamperu

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qapəjux. Compare Malay hempedu, Indonesian empedu, Tagalog apdo.


bésan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baisan. Compare Malay besan, Tagalog baisan, Acehnese bisan.


tunggang gunung

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tunggang gunung (Sundanese script ᮒᮥᮀᮌᮀ ᮌᮥᮔᮥᮀ)

From tunggang (“to ride”) + gunung (“mountain”)

compound

evening (the time where the sun 'lies atop the mountain ridge')


Béntang Cakra

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Béntang Cakra (Sundanese script ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ ᮎᮊᮢ)

From béntang (“star”) + cakra (“cross”), literally “Star of the Cross”.

compound

Pikeun nganjahokeun madhab, salianna koe padoman, pikeun di dieu mah, di Hindia Nederland sok marake oge palintangan, njaeta make patokan Bentang Tjakra, anoe koe oerang Djawa sok disĕboet „lintang goeboeg pentjeng”, atawa koe basa Walanda dingaranan „Zuider Kruis”.

1921, “Roepa-roepa kanjaho”, in Volksalmanak Soenda III, Bale Poestaka, Nganjahokeun Madhab, page 154:

In order to know one's direction, apart from a compass, here in the Netherlands Indies, astronomy is often used. It uses the Star of the Cross, which the Javanese call "lintang gubug penceng" (the star of the crooked hut), or as the Dutch name it, "Zuiderkruis" (Southern Cross).


budug

→ Indonesian: buduk

Compare Javanese ꦧꦸꦝꦸꦒ꧀ (budhug, “leprosy”)


gondongeun

(pathology) mumps (A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.)


raraban

Variant of laraban, from larab (“to multiply”) + -an, from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit, multiply”). Cognate with Indonesian darab (“product of multiplication”)

cog

Anu pangheulana hapal raraban opat tiasa uih ti heula.

"The first one who memorizes the multiplication of four gets to go home first."

multiplication table
multiplication table


hégar

happy; cheerful, particularly because of seeing such scenery


keueung

eerie or uneasy, especially one evoked by loneliness or abandonment


sanglir

From Javanese ꦱꦁꦭꦶꦂ (sanglir, “cryptorchidism”)

der

(pathology) monorchidism (having only one testicle) due to cryptorchidism


bitung

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətuŋ (“bamboo of a very large diameter”). Compare Malay betung, Bikol Central butong.

inh

(botany) giant bamboo, Dendrocalamus asper


srangéngé

From Javanese ꦱꦽꦔꦺꦔꦺ (srengéngé, “sun”), from Old Javanese sṛŋeŋe. Either:
* From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂ŋiiʔ (“sun; day”).
* From Old Javanese saṅ hyaṅṅwe (“the sun god/the day god”)