bal

From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Ujang nepi ka ayeuna kénéh teu tiasa maén bal.

Ujang still can't play football to this day.

football; the ball used in a "football" game


balad

Urang Baduj teh kawasna moal lepat deui asal urang Padjadjaran, anu ngantunkeun karaton nalika dajeuh dirandjah ku balad Islam.

1951, R. Djatnika Soeriadiradja, Baduj: Buku Batjaan Bahasa Sunda, page 6:

The Baduy people most likely originate from the people of Pajajaran who left the palace when the city was attacked by Islamic forces.

Si éta mah balad arurang, lain?


bulan

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

moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

month (period into which a year is divided)


alas

From Old Sundanese alas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas (“forest, wilderness, woods, jungle”), from Proto-Austronesian *Salas (“forest, wilderness, woods”).


tail

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


naam

First sense borrowed from Arabic نَعَامَة (naʕāma, “ostrich”).


kimono

Borrowed from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).


kopi

From Dutch koffie, either directly or through Malay kopi. From Italian caffè, ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).


duit

Borrowed from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).

(historical) A doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a rupiah

Ayeuna urang keur teu boga duit.


tanah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq, probably borrowed from Malay tanah or Javanese tanah. Doublet of taneuh.


anglo

Borrowed from Hokkien 洪爐 /洪炉 (âng-lô͘, “large oven; great furnace”).


kai

From Old Sundanese kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw. Doublet of ki


saga

Abrus precatorius
Abrus precatorius#Translingual


jukut

Borrowed from Old Javanese jukut (“vegetables, greens”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zukut (“grass”). Cognate with Balinese jukut.


bina

From Sanskrit भिन्न (bhinna, “broken, split, divided”).


lada

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq.


limit

(mathematics) a value to which a sequence converges

limit
a value to which a sequence converges


emas

Probbaly from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).


tapir

From Dutch tapir, from Spanish tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira


batu

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


umbel

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (umbel).


halo

From Old Sundanese halo. Perhaps related with Malay halau (“to drive away”). False cognate of English hello (or rather, holler).

holler (a shout to get somebody's attention)


adat

From Persian عادت ('âdat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).


Sam

From Malay Syam, from Arabic شَام (šām), الشَّام (aš-šām)

...Raja Madinah lan Mekah,
Raja Yaman, Sam, jeung Turki,
Raja Kudis, Yunan, Kupah,
Raja Erum sami linggih.

(Can we date this quote?), Wawacan Ahmad Muhammad:

...The kings of Medina and Mecca
The kings of Yemen, Levant, and the Turks
The kings of Jerusalem, Greece and Kufa
The king of Rome, sitting too

Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)


ringgit

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

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


ati

From Javanese ꦲꦠꦶ (ati, “liver, heart”), from Old Javanese hati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay. Doublet of haté.


masjid

From Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid). Doublet of masigit


kalua

Perhaps from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā, “candy, confection”)


suku

* (foot): From Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ (suku)
* (half a rupiah): From Malay. Compare Indonesian suku (“quarter, half a rupiah”).


jaro

(Banten) village chief (especially in Baduy areas, such as Cibeo, Lebak Regency)


kamari

The day immediately before today; one day ago.


panto

Compare Old Javanese pantu, Malay pintu. Displaced Old Sundanese dora.

Panto dina gedong ieu téh aya sarébu, ku sabab éta dingaranan 'Lawang Sewu'

In this building, there are a thousand doors, that's why it's called 'Lawang Sewu'


aji

From Old Javanese aji (“holy writ; scripture; value”)


irung

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.


mengi

(pathology) dyspnea (difficulty breathing)


rama

Inherited from Old Sundanese rama (“father, senior”), from Old Javanese rāma (“father, senior”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-amax, from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h (“father”). Cognate with Javanese ꦫꦩ (rama), Malay rama, Indonesian romo (“priest”).


jalan

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


laut

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

Laut Jepang


surili

→ Indonesian: surili

→ English: surili

→ Finnish: sureli


moha

From Sanskrit मोह (moha, “bewilderment, folly”). Possible cognate with Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid”).

bor

Nu asih dipulang sengit, nu haat dipulang moha.

Those who are loving are repaid with anger, those who are caring are repaid with ingratitude.


buta

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


damar

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ (“tree resin used in torches”).


soca

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦴꦕ (soca, “eye, gem”), from Old Javanese soca, from Sanskrit शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”). Cognate to Balinese ᬲᭀᬘ (soca).


huntu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quntu (“tusks of a boar”).


kompa

kompa cai – water pump


pulo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian pulau, Ilocano puro, Malay pulau, Tagalog pulo).

Ngaran Pulo Sangiang baheulana 'Dwars-in-den-weg'.

The former name of Sangiang Island was 'Dwars-in-den-weg'.

island (area of land completely surrounded by water)


mara

(botany) Macaranga tanarius (parasol leaf tree)


kantor

From Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Old French comtoir, from Medieval Latin computōrium.


jeruk

Compare to Old Javanese jruk (“citrus fruits of various kinds”).


nami

Perhaps from Javanese ꦤꦩꦶ (nami), alternative of ꦤꦩ (nama), ultimately from Sanskrit नामन् (nāman)

Nami abdi Kahar


kuro

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀaw. Cognate with Malay kurau (“Polynemus spp.”), Cebuano kúgaw (“milkfish fingerling”).


kulit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.


hujan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.


manuk

Manuk hiberna maké naon?


kecap

Compare Old Javanese kĕcap (“sound of lips or tongue smacking; talking, prattling; etc.”), Indonesian kecap (“sound of tongue smacking”).


langit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.


layar

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

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


warta

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā, “news”). Compare Javanese ꦮꦂꦠ (warta), Malay berita, and Tagalog balita. Doublet of warti and wartos.

Bapa mah sok maca warta dina koran unggal soré.

Father often reads the news in the newspaper every afternoon.


buah

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


sarung

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)

sheath (sheath for traditional Sundanese weapon (usually kujang, kris, etc.))


pada

Ultimately from Sanskrit पाद (pāda, “foot, line, verse”).

der

couplet (pair of lines in a poetry or pupuh)


hiu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu.


kuku

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


tolong

an open-mid back rounded vowel (/ɔ/), written as o in Sundanese Latin orthography and ᮇ in native Sundanese script


lisa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisəhaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lisəqəS. Compare Fijian lise, Hawaiian liha, Ilocano lisa, Maori riha, Tagalog lisa. Despite similarities in forms and meaning, it is not related to English lice and is considered a false cognate.


laja

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”).


bubu

bubu (canonical)
ᮘᮥᮘᮥ (canonical)
bubu (alternative)
boeboe (alternative)

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

naheun bubu pahareup-hareup

to borrow money from each other, lit. "to set traps opposite each other"


profesor

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (compare Malay profesor).


situ

Possibly from Sanskrit सेतु (setu, “bridge; dam; causeway”) via Old Sundanese or Old Javanese. Compare Old Javanese setu (“bridge; dam”).

der

lake (large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water)


sawed

a strap (either from leather or rattan) which fastens the yoke to the neck of the buffalo for ploughing


bola

From Portuguese bola (“ball”), with semantic development from "ball" > "ball of yarn" > "sewing thread".


amparan

Possibly from Javanese ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦫꦤ꧀ (amparan), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampar-an, from *hampaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapaʀ. Analyzed as hampar + -an.


balé

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay. Cognate with Indonesian balai, Tagalog bahay, and distantly Maori whare.

balé kota

balé watangan

hall; house (place of public accommodation)


bata

brick (a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building, paving, or masonry.)

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


domas

From Old Javanese ḍomas (“eight hundred”).

smithy; the place where a blacksmith works


paré

From Old Sundanese paré, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay. Cognate with Javanese ꦥꦫꦶ (pari), Indonesian padi, Tagalog palay.


pasaran

bier (a litter carried to transport the dead)


limas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limas.

inh+

a mold for kuéh (traditional snack) made from banana leaves in the shape of a pyramid


muté

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”). Compare Tagalog mutya and Malay mutiara.


menit

ᮙᮨᮔᮤᮒ᮪ (Sundanese character)
minoet (alternative)

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”).


asma

From Arabic أَسْمَاء (ʔasmāʔ, “name”), plural of اِسْم (ism).

Kalawan nyebat asmana Allah nu Maha Welas tur Maha Asih

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate


aliran

Borrowed from Indonesian aliran (“current”), with a semantic shift.


nila

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

nila:


mang

uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)


cai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (“fresh water; stream, river”).


iklim

From Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm), from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).


puhun

From Old Sundanese puhun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Doublet of puun


gaang

mole cricket; insects from the family Gryllotalpidae


tutut

→ Indonesian: tutut

Pila ampullacea, a species of freshwater snail.


cau

Possibly from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuuʔ (“wild banana”).


siam

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


halu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu. Cognate of Indonesian alu.


puhu

puhu . (canonical)
ᮕᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ (Sundanese character)

puhu tangkal

puhu angin

the direction from which the wind comes; windward

puhu leungeun


cacai

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of cai.


taun

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun

inh+

Tadi, aya nu naroskeun ayeuna taun sabaraha.

Earlier, someone asked what year is it now.


orat

From Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra). Compare Indonesian aurat.


sato

Ultimately from Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “essence, existence; being, creature, entity”). Doublet of satoa. Cognate with Indonesian satwa.


sisir

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sisir. Cognate with Malay sisir


amtenar

Ultimately from Dutch ambtenaar. Compare Indonesian amtenar.

Amtĕnar noe tjĕkĕl gawe di Goepernemen pikeun sawatara waktoe oge bisa meunang onderstand pikeun sawatara waktoe lamoen dieureunkeun tina pagaweanana...

1930, “Pangatoeran Nagara”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, Onderstand, page 153:

Employees who work in the Government for a certain period of time can also receive social welfare for a certain period of time if they are terminated from their employment...


sayang

sayang (canonical)
ᮞᮚᮀ (canonical)
sayang (alternative)

Compare Indonesian sarang, Malay sarang.


kembang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmbaŋ Cognate with Indonesian kembang, Malay kembang, Javanese kembang.


barang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋ (“marker of indefiniteness”).


angin

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin (“wind”).


tulang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ, *tuqəlan, from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN.


wana

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


suhun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suqun, from Proto-Austronesian *suquN (“carry on head”).


keton

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


keris

From Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris), from Old Javanese kĕris, kris.

sheathed sharp blade weapon (blades are generally wavy-edged, but there are also straight-edged). This weapon can be both a dagger and sword.


gunting

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).


supit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *supit (“narrow; to pich; tongs”), from the root *-pit. Compare Central Malay supit, Malay sempit, Banjarese kipit, Bikol Central hayapit.


lautan

Kudu nyaho lautanana, kudu nyaho tatambanganana

One must know one's nature and character

One must know one's seas and one's tether

(by extension) nature (innate characteristics of a person)


panon

From Old Sundanese panon (“eye, seeing apparatus”), from Old Javanese panon (“eye, seeing apparatus”).


bangsa

Inherited from Old Sundanese baṅśa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanćás (“ceiling beam”).

ᮘᮞ ᮦᮒᮂ ᮎᮤᮎᮤᮦᮛᮔ᮪ ᮘᮀᮞ

ᮠᮚᮙ᮪ ᮒᮦᮂ ᮞᮘᮀᮞ ᮙᮔᮥᮊ᮪


asem

From Javanese ꦲꦱꦼꦩ꧀ (asem), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm. Doublet of haseum.


lemah

From Old Sundanese lĕmah, from Old Javanese lĕmah. Cognate with Javanese ꦊꦩꦃ (lemah)


sénat

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


salju

From Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-.


aos

From Javanese ꦲꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (aos), krama form of ꦲꦗꦶ (aji) from Old Javanese aji (“holy writ; scripture; value”).


supa

ari diarah supana, kudu dipiara catangna


titit

Di Tiongkok Kidul, geus ilahar pisan toekang mĕri teh sok ngadjaroealan titit dina ĕndogna keneh

1930, “Tatanen — Dagang — Karadjinan”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, Dagang titit dina ĕndog, page 229:

In Southern China, it is common to find duck vendors selling ducklings while they are still in the egg.


kaca

Buka kaca 76.


balay

stones about the size of a hand neatly arranged on the ground

a structure in the form of a small barrier or wall made by said stones


joho

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


ginjal

Perhaps from Indonesian ginjal. Doublet of giginjel.


lini

From earlier *linuy, from Proto-Austronesian *linuʀ.


wasta

From Old Javanese wasta, wastha (“title, name”), wasthā, awasthā (“state, condition; circumstance, fate; course”), from Sanskrit अवस्था (avasthā, “condition, state”).

Tepangkeun, wasta sim kuring James

Let me introduce myself, my name is James


lauk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahuk (“mixed, as foods”). Compare to Brunei Malay lauk (“fish; side dish”), Malay lauk (“side dish”).


salaki

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki (“man; male; boy”).


paul

Compare Old Javanese pahul, pawul (“light blue”).


dawa

lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.


éwé

(dialectal, by extension) female person, woman, girl


sangu

From Javanese ꦱꦔꦸ (sangu, “provision”), from Old Javanese saṅu (“provision”).


bojo

pun bojo


méga

ᮙᮦᮌ (Sundanese character)
mega (alternative)


bajing

Cognate to Malay bajing, Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ (bajing)


haji

From Old Sundanese haji, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *qariki.


haji

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


roko

From Dutch roken. Cognate of Indonesian rokok.


kuris

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


paku

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku (“bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers”).


paku

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

nail (fastener with a sharp point on one end)


minyak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak. Cognate to Malay minyak.


kujang

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


logam

From Tamil உலோகம் (ulōkam), from Sanskrit लोह (loha).


budak

head

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?


huma

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma (“farmland”), from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).


tuur

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, compare Tagalog tuhod.


wengi

From Old Sundanese wengi, from Old Javanese wĕṅi, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi. Cognate with Javanese wengi, Maori pō, and Hawaiian pō.


sosi

sosi (canonical)
ᮞᮧᮞᮤ (canonical)
sosi (alternative)

From Hokkien 鎖匙／锁匙 (só-sî, “key, lock”). Cognate of Tagalog susi (“key”).

(dialect, Cirebon) key, device designed to open and close a lock.


abdi

The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect

The second person pronouns maybe replaced by kinship terms

The second and third person singular pronouns maybe used plurally


sepit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səmpit (“narrow; squeeze tightly”), from the root *-pit. Compare Indonesian jepit, capit; Tagalog sipit, Amis alapit.


ilat

→ Indonesian: ilat (“blade”)

Borrowed from Old Javanese ilat, hilat (“tongue”). Cognate to Javanese ꦲꦶꦭꦠ꧀ (ilat).


awak

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).


eusi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həsi (“flesh; meat”), from Proto-Austronesian *Səsi.


réal

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

der

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


béas

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Cognate with Javanese ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀ (beras), Indonesian beras, Tagalog bigas.


buuk

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, metathesis from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS. Cognate with Tagalog buhok, Cebuano buhok, Ilocano buuk, Limos Kalinga buúk, Tausug buhuk, Makasar u', and Acehnese ôk.


amang

uncle (brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent)


manusa

From Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa), from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya).


buana

From Old Sundanese bwana, buana, from Sanskrit भुवन (bhuvana, “the world”)


abah

→ Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)

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


akang

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aka-ŋ, from *aka (“elder sibling”). Cognate with Javanese ꦲꦏꦁ (akang).


kuyuk

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


sawah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabaq (“irrigated ricefield”). Akin to Javanese sawah.


batang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. Doublet of catang.


bayu

Ultimately from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwaHyúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”)


gedang

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kdɔʔ (“plantain bud”). Compare Balinese ᬕᭂᬤᬂ (gedang, “papaya”), Javanese ꦒꦼꦝꦁ (gedhang, “banana”), Old Javanese gĕḍaṅ (“banana”).


dawĕuh

(pre-1900, Rigg's spelling) Superseded spelling of daweuh.


ᮠᮦᮏᮧ

head

ᮠᮦᮏᮧ • (héjo)


manah

Ultimately from Sanskrit मनः (manaḥ), nominative singular of मनस् (manas)


hayam

From Proto-Malayic *hayam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayam.


lebak

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


haur

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ (“type of bamboo”) from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ (“bamboo species”).

inh

awi haur – common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

haur cucuk – thorned bamboo (Bambusa spinosa)

haur konéng – yellow bamboo


darat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat, possibly through Malay darat.


walirang

From Old Javanese waliraṅ, probably from Malay belirang (a variant of belerang).


timah

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


tarum

Indigofera tinctoria
Indigofera tinctoria#Translingual


maung

→ Malay: maung

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-maquŋ (“wild feline”).


lalaki

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki with initial reduplication. Cf. Malay lelaki, Tagalog lalaki, Madurese lalake.


ranca

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp”). Cognate to Indonesian rawa, Tagalog lawa (“lake”)


pantun

Pantun Mundinglaya Dikusumah


mosi

From Indonesian mosi, from Dutch motie, from French motion, from Old French motion, from Latin motio (“movement, motion”).

mosi teu percaya


ontan

Kapungkur, jaman keur sakola sd, skitar taun 80an, masih ningali tangkal tarum. Pun nini di Rajapolah sok diangge kanggo ngawarnaan daun pandan pikeun anyameun. Ayeuna mah kumargi tos jaman ontan wantex tos tara diangge.

2008 August 14, neng_ades, “Re:[Urang Sunda] Re: Tarum, Pataruman, Tarumanagara?”, in mail-archive.com (Usenet), retrieved 2025-05-07:

In the past, when I was still in elementary school, around the 1980s, I could still see indigo plant trees. My grandmother in Rajapolah used to use them to dye pandan leaves for weaving. But now, since we're in the era of synthetic dyes like Wantex, it’s rarely used anymore.

Untuk memberi warna pada bagian atasnya, cukup dengan cara menaburkan pewarna atau ontan yang berwarna hijau, merah, coklat, atau kuning ke bagian atas adonan.

2015, S., Ria Andayani, Supriatna,Endang, Masduki, Aam, Rusnandar, Nandang, Merlina, Nina, Makanan Khas Ramadhan di Kabupaten Ciamis (overall work in Indonesian), Bandung: Balai Kajian Sejarah dan Nilai Tradisional Bandung:

To color the top, simply sprinkle green, red, brown, or yellow food coloring or ontan onto the top of the dough.


parud

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *parud (“rasp, file”). Compare Malay parut


kaso

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw (“kind of reed-like plant”). Cognate with Tongan kaho (“reed; Pacific island silvergrass”).

cog

Saccharum spontaneum
Saccharum spontaneum#Translingual


angen

From Old Sundanese aṅĕn, aṅṅĕn. Cognate with Old Javanese aṅĕn (“thoughts, consideration, reflections”)


dawuh

From Old Sundanese dawuh (“stroke of the hour, time”). Cognate to Old Javanese ḍawuh (“falling, coming down; to fall, come down; stroke of the hour”), Balinese ᬥᬯᬸᬄ (“time”).


dawuh

From Javanese ꦝꦮꦸꦃ (dhawuh, “to command, to tell, word”)


dahu

period, precise time, the moment when anything is to occur


buhaya

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


beusi

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

(physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)


bayawak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak (cf. Malay biawak, Tagalog bayawak, and Javanese ꦩꦼꦚꦮꦏ꧀ (menyawak)).

Urang manggihan dua bayawak di tengah leuweung.

I encountered two monitor lizards in the middle of the forest.

monitor lizard (member of the genus Varanus)


angklung

→ Javanese: ꦲꦁꦏ꧀ꦭꦸꦁ (angklung)

→ Balinese: ᬳᬂᬓ᭄ᬮᬸᬂ

→ Indonesian: angklung

→ Dutch: angkloeng

→ English: angklung

angklung (a percussion instrument made of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame)


agrikultur

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agrikultur (Sundanese script ᮃᮌᮢᮤᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮥᮁ)


sujud

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


atal

From Javanese ꦄꦠꦭ꧀ (atal, “orpiment”), ultimately from Sanskrit हरिताल (haritāla, “yellow orpiment”). Cognate with Malay hartal.

der

atal:

(by extension) A somewhat dark yellowish orange color; ochre.


pameget

→ Indonesian: pameget

→ Malay: pamegat


biang

pun biang

my mother (or alternatively, "one's mother")


oray

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.


getih

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


endog

Derived from Old Javanese ĕṇḍog. Probably from Old Javanese aṇḍa, which comes from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa, “egg”) Cognate with Javanese ꦲꦼꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦒ꧀ (endhog)


mastaka

Eventually from Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka).


waos

From Javanese ꦮꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (waos, “tooth”), from Old Javanese wahos, wahwas, from waja (“tooth; steel; point, blade”).


sampéan

From Javanese ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (sampéyan, “foot, (krama) you”). Cognate with Banjarese pian.


leungeun

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


pungkur

Ultimately from Old Javanese puṅkur (“behind, back”). Compare pengker from Old Javanese pĕṅkĕr.


bareuh

From Proto-Austronesian *baReq (abscess)


ᮕᮔᮧᮔ᮪ᮕᮧᮆ

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ᮕᮔᮧᮔ᮪ᮕᮧᮆ • (panonpoé)


sasih

From Sanskrit शशि (śaśi, “containing a hare, moon”).

der

...kaleresan caang sasih, caangna bulan gumebyar, nyaangan saputer bumi,...

1980, M. K. Hardjakoesoema, Wawacan Pareumeun Obor I, volume 1, page 31:

...,it just so happens that the moon was bright, the moon's rays shined, illuminating the whole earth...

(rare) moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

month (period into which a year is divided)


béntang

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


walungan

LL-Q34002 (sun)-A. D. Prakasa-walungan.wav


uyah

Cognate to Javanese ꦲꦸꦪꦃ (uyah), Balinese ᬳᬸᬬᬄ (uyah).


marcapada

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


taneuh

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq. Doublet of tanah.


halimun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limun (“to conceal, be concealed”)


awang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *awaŋ (“atmosphere”).


haseup

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasəp. Cognate with Balinese ᬳᬲᭂᬧ᭄ (“smoke, incense”), Indonesian asap, Ilocano asep (“incense, perfume”).


hawu

→ Indonesian: hawu (“hearth”)

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


suluh

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq. Compare Malay suluh, Minangkabau suluah, and Tagalog sulo.


konéng

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij, from *kunij (“yellow, turmeric”).


hideung

Ultimately from Old Javanese hirĕng. Compare Javanese ꦲꦶꦉꦁ (ireng), Banjarese hirang.

kopi hideung – black coffee


warsih

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣá). Doublet of warsa.


margi

From Javanese ꦩꦂꦒꦶ (margi)ꦩꦂꦒ (marga, “way, cause”), from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “way, road, route, path”). Doublet of marga.


jenengan

Cognate of Javanese ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦁ (jeneng, “name”).


juru

From Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸ (juru), from Old Javanese juru

juru kunci

juru tulis

someone who holds an office or position of low rank


urang

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


mangsi

From Javanese ꦩꦁꦱꦶ (mangsi) from Sanskrit मषि (maṣi, “powder, soot”)


talaga

Ultimately from Sanskrit तडाग (taḍāga). Cognate to Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga).


pasmat

From Malay pasmat (“Spanish dollar”), from Dutch Spaanse mat (“Spanish dollar”)

(historical) rijksdaalder (a Dutch coin worth 2.5 guilders)


ᮞ᮪ᮕᮦᮞᮤᮆᮞ᮪

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ᮞ᮪ᮕᮦᮞᮤᮆᮞ᮪ • (spésiés)


ᮇᮒᮧᮒ᮪

ᮇᮒᮧᮒ᮪ • (otot)


ᮇᮛᮧᮊ᮪

ᮇᮛᮧᮊ᮪ • (orok)


ᮜᮦᮒᮂ

ᮜᮦᮒᮂ • (létah)


panonpoé

From panon (“eye”) + poé (“day”), literally "the eye of the day". Compare Indonesian matahari, Malagasy masoandro, Vietnamese Mặt Trời.

, matapoé (dialectal)

sun (the star which the Earth revolves around)


ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪

ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ • (iklim)


ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪ ᮊᮄ

sasak tangkal kai
sasak tangkal kai#Sundanese


ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮀᮊᮧᮀ

sasak rorongkong
sasak rorongkong#Sundanese


ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮕᮔᮀᮌᮩᮚ᮪

sasak pananggeuy
sasak pananggeuy#Sundanese


ᮅᮃᮕ᮪

ᮅᮃᮕ᮪ • (uap)


ᮒᮦᮊᮧ

ᮒᮦᮊᮧ • (téko)


ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ • (entéh)


ᮓᮦᮛᮦᮒ᮪ ᮝᮊ᮪ᮒᮥ

ᮓᮦᮛᮦᮒ᮪ ᮝᮊ᮪ᮒᮥ • (dérét waktu)


ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪

wilangan buleud
wilangan buleud#Sundanese


ᮞᮥᮛᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪

ᮞᮥᮛᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪ • (surélék)


ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ

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


ᮓᮨᮒᮤᮊ᮪

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ᮓᮨᮒᮤᮊ᮪ • (detik)


ᮒᮒᮔᮦᮔ᮪

ᮒᮒᮔᮦᮔ᮪ • (tatanén)


ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ

ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ • (élmu)


ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮁ

ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮁ • (sindir)


ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮛᮔ᮪

ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮛᮔ᮪ • (sisindiran)


ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪

ᮊᮔ᮪ᮏᮥᮒ᮪ • (kanjut)


ᮌᮤᮔ᮪ᮏᮜ᮪

ᮌᮤᮔ᮪ᮏᮜ᮪ • (ginjal)


kacapi

Ultimately from Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa, “tortoise, kind of lute”). Compare Indonesian kecapi, Tagalog kudyapi, Maranao kotiyapi'.

der

(music) A box zither with an open bottom, played by plucking, as the main accompanying instrument of tembang sunda and pantun sunda.


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.


sipat

From Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

characteristic or quality of a thing; attribute.


sipat

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sipat (“visual assessment”)


naraka

Inherited from Old Sundanese naraka, from Sanskrit नरक (naraka).


Salasa

Ultimately from Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ).

der

Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ)


ᮓᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪

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ᮓᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ • (dinten)


ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ

ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ • (konéng)


ᮊᮨᮊᮨᮘᮥᮜ᮪

ᮊᮨᮊᮨᮘᮥᮜ᮪ • (kekebul)


ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ

ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ • (béntang)


bako

Borrowed from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

der

Di gigireun jalan, aya toko nu sapopoé icalan bako.

On the side of the road, there's a store that sells tobacco daily.


perpustakaan

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ᮕᮨᮁᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮊᮃᮔ᮪

perpustakaan (Sundanese script ᮕᮨᮁᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮊᮃᮔ᮪)


ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮌ᮪

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮌ᮪ • (endog)


binih

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, compare Malay benih and Tagalog binhi.


tasma

From Classical Persian, related to چشم (čašm, “eye”). Cognate with Bengali চশমা (cośma)


bulao

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

bluing (blue substance, usually powder, used to prevent yellowing and whiten clothes)


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”)

a person who gives support to people who are fighting or competing, supporter

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


kiray

Daun kiray dipaké ngajieun hateup.

Sago palm leaves are used for making thatched roofs.


bitis

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


kalapa

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k-al-aqpaq (compare Indonesian pelepah from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq, reconstructed from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p-al-aqpaq). Cognate to Indonesian kelapa, Javanese ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ (klapa).


usuk

Borrowed from Javanese usuk, from Old Javanese usuk.


kidul

From Old Sundanese kidul, from Old Javanese kidul.


ᮃᮌᮢᮤᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮥᮁ

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ᮃᮌᮢᮤᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮥᮁ • (agrikultur)


ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮃᮔ᮪

ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮃᮔ᮪ • (sampéan)


capeu

From Early Modern Sundanese kasapeu, from Dutch cassave, from French cassave, from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno caçabi. Doublet of sampeu


dunya

Inherited from Old Sundanese dunya, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Cognate with Indonesian and Malay dunia

Naon tujuan urang hirup di dunya?

What is the purpose of our life in the world?


pindang

salted and boiled fish or meat; pindang meat


mesin tik

mesin tik (Sundanese script ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪)


dalurung

ᮓᮜᮥᮛᮥᮀ (Sundanese character)
darurung (alternative)

the rafters of a flooring, to which the planks are nailed, and in a native's house the round bamboo rafters on which are laid the palupuh or flooring of the house, and which are tied together by the sarang, or slips of split bamboo.


ᮒᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪

ᮒᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪ • (tanduk)


ᮏᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪

ᮏᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪ • (jukut)


ᮎᮛᮧᮌᮦ

ᮎᮛᮧᮌᮦ • (carogé)


ᮎᮨᮕᮤᮜ᮪

ᮎᮨᮕᮤᮜ᮪ • (cepil)


iwak

From Javanese ꦲꦶꦮꦏ꧀ (iwak, “side dish, meat, fish”)


suster baseuh

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ᮞᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ ᮘᮞᮩᮂ

suster baseuh (Sundanese script ᮞᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ ᮘᮞᮩᮂ)


surélék

Blend of surat + éléktronik. Calque of English e-mail. First attested in the 2000s. Compare Indonesian surel.


sisindiran

sisindiran (Sundanese script ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮛᮔ᮪)


sasak lengkung

sasak lengkung (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮜᮨᮀᮊᮥᮀ)


sasak rorongkong

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮀᮊᮧᮀ

sasak rorongkong (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮀᮊᮧᮀ)


sasak malang

sasak malang (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮙᮜᮀ)


sasak pananggeuy

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮕᮔᮀᮌᮩᮚ᮪

sasak pananggeuy (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮕᮔᮀᮌᮩᮚ᮪)


sasak tangkal kai

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪ ᮊᮄ

sasak tangkal kai (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪ ᮊᮄ)


sasak gerak

sasak gerak (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮌᮨᮛᮊ᮪)


sasak gantung

sasak gantung (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮌᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ)


sasak kabel

sasak kabel (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮊᮘᮨᮜ᮪)


sasak angkat

sasak angkat (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪)

From sasak + angkat. Perhaps calque of Indonesian jembatan angkat


sampeu

From Early Modern Sundanese kasapeu, from Dutch cassave, from French cassave, from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno caçabi. Doublet of capeu.


sanggama

Eventually from Sanskrit सङ्गम (saṅgama, “intercourse”).


wilangan buleud

ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪

wilangan buleud (Sundanese script ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪)


rohangan hapa

rohangan hapa (Sundanese script ᮛᮧᮠᮍᮔ᮪ ᮠᮕ)


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮨᮃᮀ

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


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ • (mesin)


tapak

Compare Indonesian tapak, Javanese ꦠꦥꦏ꧀ (tapak), Tagalog tapak.


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

By surface analysis, clipping of Javanese hanacaraka + -an.

clipping

Javanese <i class="Latn mention" lang="jv">hanacaraka</i>

surf

the traditional arrangement of the letters of the Sundanese alphabet.


ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪

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ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪ • (hirup)


ngaran

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

Saha ngaran manéh?


ᮌᮥᮌᮥᮊ᮪

ᮌᮥᮌᮥᮊ᮪ • (guguk)


ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪

ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪ • (otét)


ᮕᮨᮕᮨᮓᮥᮒ᮪

ᮕᮨᮕᮨᮓᮥᮒ᮪ • (pepedut)


ramatloka

From ramat + loka. Calque of English website


beubeuritan

beubeuritan (Sundanese script ᮘᮩᮘᮩᮛᮤᮒᮔ᮪)


panyakit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa-ñakit, from *sakit. Analyzed as pa- + sakit.


ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪

ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ • (suhun)


ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪

ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪ • (buntut)


ᮓᮥᮛᮦᮔ᮪

ᮓᮥᮛᮦᮔ᮪ • (durén)


ᮙᮦᮌ

ᮙᮦᮌ • (méga)


cucunguk

ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)
cungunguk (alternative)

→ Malay: cecunguk

→ Indonesian: cecunguk


ᮃᮕᮧᮒᮦᮊ᮪

ᮃᮕᮧᮒᮦᮊ᮪ • (apoték)


patlot

From Dutch potlood (“pencil”). Cognatw with Indonesian potlot.


ᮊᮛᮦᮒ᮪

ᮊᮛᮦᮒ᮪ • (karét)


ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪

ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪ • (kulit)


ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪

ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ • (rambut)


ᮏᮨᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜ᮪

ᮏᮨᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜ᮪ • (jempol)


pakarang

→ Indonesian: pekarang

Gatotkaca perlaya dadana katiir pakarang Konta.

Gatotkaca died, his chest stabbed by the weapon Konta.


ᮕᮦᮞᮧ

ᮕᮦᮞᮧ • (péso)


ᮜᮧᮌᮙ᮪

From Tamil உலோகம் (ulōkam), from Sanskrit लोह (loha).


kancana

From Sanskrit काञ्चन (kāñcana), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (“golden, honey-colored”).


ᮕᮛᮥᮀᮌᮥ

parunggu (romanization)
ᮕᮨᮛᮥᮀᮌᮥ (alternative)


parunggu

ᮕᮛᮥᮀᮌᮥ (Sundanese character)
perunggu (alternative)


ᮞᮦᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪

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ᮞᮦᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪ • (séndok)


séndok

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinduk. Doublet of sinduk.


imah

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.


ᮞᮛᮦ

ᮞᮛᮦ • (saré)


sirah

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦫꦃ (sirah), from Sanskrit शिर (śira).


ᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮊᮞ᮪

ᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮊᮞ᮪ • (kulkas)


ᮓᮧᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮒ᮪

ᮓᮧᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮒ᮪ • (dompét)


kamuning

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamuniŋ. Cognate of Indonesian kemuning, Tagalog kamuning.

Murraya paniculata
Murraya paniculata#Translingual


tangkil

tangkil (canonical)
ᮒᮀᮊᮤᮜ᮪ (canonical)
tangkil (alternative)


ᮞᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪

ᮞᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ • (simbut)


bayah

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


ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮒ᮪

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ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮒ᮪ • (cucut)


ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ

ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ • (mantéga)


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪ • (mesin tik)


ᮘᮦᮃᮞ᮪

ᮘᮦᮃᮞ᮪ • (béas)

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


ᮘᮥᮅᮊ᮪

ᮘᮥᮅᮊ᮪ • (buuk)


dangdeur

From Proto-Malayo-Javanic *DaŋDeʀ. Compare Malay randu, Old Javanese ranḍö.

Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra#Translingual


ᮏᮠᮦ

ᮏᮠᮦ • (jahé)


lampuyang

Ultimately from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lampuyaŋ (“kind of ginger”). Cognate with Indonesian lempuyang, Cebuano lampuyang.

inh

Zingiber zerumbet
Zingiber zerumbet#Translingual


dangdang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ.

inh+

earthenware or metal pot for steaming rice


kalangkang

ngarep-ngarep kalangkang heulang

to hope for something uncertain or otherwise impossible


ᮘᮚᮥ

Ultimately from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwaHyúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”)


jalma

ᮏᮜ᮪ᮙ (Sundanese character)
jelema (alternative)

From Old Sundanese janma, from Sanskrit जन्म (janma). Cognate of Balinese ᬚᭂᬍᬫ (jelema, “people, human”), Javanese ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩ (janma, “human, people”), Indonesian jelma (“incarnation; to incarnate into”).


kumico

From Japanese 組長(くみちょう) (kumichō, “head of a group”), whence kumi can also be from 隣組 (tonarigumi, “neighborhood association”).

(historical, 1942-1945) neighborhood association chief.


raray

From Old Javanese rarahi, rahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih (“forehead”), from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS (“forehead”). Cognate with Javanese rai, Indonesian dahi (“forehead”), Maori rae (“forehead; promontory”), Hawaiian lae (“forehead; promontory”).


banci

From Old Javanese wañci (“timid, shy; character; deceitful”), bañcana, wañcana (“deception, deceitful”), from Sanskrit वञ्चन (vañcana, “deceiving, trickery”).


tambaga

(chemistry, metallurgy) copper (element)


batara

batara (canonical)
ᮘᮒᮛ (canonical)
batara (alternative)

From Old Javanese bhaṭāra (“a great lord”), from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Doublet of brahala.

Batara Wisnu – Vishnu

Batara Tunggal – Batara Tunggal ("a deity in Sunda Wiwitan mythology")

god (in the non-Abrahamic sense, e.g. Hinduism or Sunda Wiwitan)


ᮊᮦᮎᮕ᮪

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ᮊᮦᮎᮕ᮪ • (kécap)


kécap

From Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish brine”).


ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮜᮦ

ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮜᮦ • (kedelé)


kuco

Borrowed from Japanese 区(く)長(ちょう) (kuchō)

(historical, 1942-1945) subdistrict chief (known as 区(く) (ku) during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia)


asih

From Proto-Austronesian *ka-qasiq (“pity, mercy, affection”) from Proto-Austronesian *qasiq (“pity, mercy, affection”). Doublet of kaasih. Cognate of Indonesian kasih


Anggara

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


pasaréan

From Javanese ꦥꦱꦫꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (pasaréan, “bedroom, bed, tomb”). Equivalent to pa- -an + saré.


ucing

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutíŋ. Cognate with Malay kucing).

(by extension) it (the person who chases and tries to catch the other players in a game of tag)


sinduk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinduk. Doublet of séndok.


soang

From Dutch zwaan, from Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch *swano, from Proto-Germanic *swanô.


wiwaha

From Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha, “marriage”)


hurang

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ.


gedong

Ultimately from Old Sundanese gĕḍoṅ (“stone building”).


talun

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talun, from Proto-Austronesian *CaluN.

inh+

orchard (a garden planted with long living fruit trees.)


mandalika

ᮙᮔ᮪ᮓᮜᮤᮊ (Sundanese character)
manalika (alternative)

From Malay mandalika, from Sanskrit माण्डलिक (māṇḍalika).


gelap

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gelap (“lightning”). Compare Javanese gelap, Manggarai hili-helap.

dor dar gelap


jisim

ᮏᮤᮞᮤᮙ᮪ (Sundanese character)
sim (alternative)

From Malay jisim from Arabic جِسْم (jism, “body”)

jisim kuring


jalu

From Old Javanese jalu (“male; man; husband”).

bor

embé jalu


paraji

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

circumciser (a person who performs circumcision)


bangsal

From Indonesian bangsal, from Malay bangsal.


pajeg

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦗꦼꦒ꧀ (pajeg, “tax; rent”), from Old Javanese pajĕg (“arrangement”).


layung

Ultimately from Old Javanese layuṅ (“dusk's light”). Cognate with Indonesian layung.


ᮙᮧᮙᮧᮊ᮪

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ᮙᮧᮙᮧᮊ᮪ • (momok)


hutang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ (“debt”). Cognate with Indonesian utang and Tagalog utang.


bagong

→ Indonesian: bagong

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


peuting

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

inh

the time from sunset to sunrise, dusk, night


patitirahan

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patitirahan (Sundanese script ᮕᮒᮤᮒᮤᮛᮠᮔ᮪)

pa- -an + titirah (“to recover health by going or living somewhere for some time”).


cangkang

shell (of egg, molluscs, coconuts, etc.)

empty packaging (such as matchboxes, cigarette pack, ketupat wrappers, etc.)


Sieng

description of a whistling or zooming sound through the air, e.g. of a flying arrow, bullet, stone, etc.


hileud

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, from Proto-Austronesian *qulej. Cognate with Indonesian ulat, Javanese uler, Tagalog uhod, Fijian ulo, and Hawaiian ilo


tiwuan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabuqan. Compare Malay tebuan, Indonesian tawon from Javanese ꦠꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (tawon).


catang bobo

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


pasagi

Borrowed from Indonesian persegi, from Malay persegi, from Classical Malay persegi. Compare Tausug pasagi'.


tutuwuhan

Partial reduplication of tuwuh (“to grow”) + -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq (“to grow”), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (“to grow”).


leutak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latak (“mud”). Compare to Baduy latak.


palintangan

pa- -an + lintang, from Javanese lintang (“star”)

Aya ogé kolot-kolot nu masih kénéh percaya jeung ngamalkeun kana élmu palintangan

There are some elderly people who still believe and practice astrology


kateusaluyuan

teu (“not”) + saluyu (“in agreement”) + ka- -an (“-ness”)


kamashuran

ka- -an + mashur (“famous”). From Old Sundanese masuhur, from Arabic مَشْهُور (mašhūr).


pamohalan

pa- -an + mohal (“impossible”), from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl).


eundeur

shaking violently (through explosion, or heavy traffic, etc.)


gowok

cavity (esp. in a tree or a wall etc., e.g. nesting-cavity)


cucuk

→ Indonesian: cucuk


satru

From Old Javanese śatru (“enemy, foe, rival”) Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, “enemy, foe, rival”). Cognate with Indonesian seteru, Ternate sataru.

der

satru kabuyutan

sworn enemy (literally, "inherited enemy")


karuhun

From Old Sundanese karuhun (“ancestor, forefather”) from ruhun (“before, ere”). Cognate with Old Javanese karuhun (“before”).


pakasaban

pa- -an + kasab, from Arabic كَسَب (kasab, “to earn, to gain”)


kastroli

castor oil (oil extracted from castor bean)


kandaraan

Compare Indonesian kendaraan, Malay kenderaan.


kaayaan

aya + ka- -an. Compare Indonesian keadaan.


karoyalan

royal (“royal, extravagant”) + ka- -an. From Dutch royaal (“royal”) from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”).


karosaan

rosa + ka- -an, perhaps from Sanskrit रोष (roṣa, “anger, passion”)


eupan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paən. Cognate with Indonesian umpan, Toba Batak ompan, Mongondow paan, Tagalog páin.


gahrab

From Arabic كَهْرَب (kahrab, “amber”), from Persian کهربا (kahrobâ, “amber”), from Middle Persian khlpʾd (“amber”). Cognate with Indonesian and Malay kahrab


budah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujeq, from Proto-Austronesian *bujeq

Cai lautna ngabudah


panandasa

pa- + tandasa (“to prosecute, to oppress”).


paguyuban

→ Indonesian: paguyuban


kedekes

the sound of biting on something hard and firm


ki balanak

A type of mangrove, Avicennia officinalis.


andéwi

From Dutch andijvie, from Middle Dutch endivie, from Old French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia, from Late Latin intibus, from Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon).


apiun

From Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)


arbén

Borrowed from Dutch aardbeien, plural of aardbei. Cognate of Indonesian arbei.


perjurit

From Javanese perjurit. Doublet of prajurit.

Reuter ti Berlijn nerangkeun, Hitler ngaloearkeun proclamatie, jen perdjoerit Djerman, geus teu manggih djalan deui, iwal ti ngadjalankeun kakerasan (geweld)...

1939 September 2, “Bulletin Sipatahoenan”, in Sipatahoenan, page 1:

Reuter from Berlin reported that Hitler issued a proclamation declaring that German troops could no longer find any other solution except to employ force


rorompok

Probably derived from Javanese ꦫꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (rompok, “small hut”). Cognate with Banjarese rurumpuk (“hut, shack”).


joget

ᮏᮧᮌᮨᮒ᮪ (alternative)
ᮏᮧᮌᮨᮓ᮪ (alternative)

Inherited from Old Sundanese joged, from Old Javanese jogèd (“dance”).

dance; initially refers to the traditional Sundanese cultural performance (group dance, along with the songs and gamelan instrument rhythm) influenced by Javanese culture.


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.


absés

Borrowed from Dutch abces. Cognate with Indonesian abses


guludug

Akin to Javanese gludhug and Balinese grudug.


pérak

From Old Sundanese pirak, influenced by Malay perak.


beuteung

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *beteŋ (“belly”), compare Old Javanese wĕtĕng.


parahu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀaqu.


légé

beetles from the genus Melolontha; cockchafer


masigit

An old loan from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), possibly through Ta'izzi-Adeni (southern Yemeni) Arabic (noting retention of older *g). Compare Tagalog mansigit and Indonesian masjid.

Aya listrik di masigit, meni caang katingalna.

There's an electric (lamp) at the mosque that looks very bright.


cikama

ci- + Kama (“Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love”)


maksimeum

Borrowed from Dutch maximum, hence the pronunciation leans more towards Dutch "u" (/y/) rather than Indonesian "u" (/u/). Ultimately from Latin maximum


puseur

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj (compare Javanese ꦥꦸꦱꦼꦂ (puser), Indonesian pusar, Tagalog pusod, Hawaiian piko, Ilocano puseg, Maori pito).


puseuran

From puseur + -an. Compare Malay pusaran.


ki oray

Various plants:
Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong)

Various plants:
Andrographis paniculata (green chireta)

Andrographis paniculata
Andrographis paniculata#Translingual

Schizolobium excelsum (Brazilian firetree)


ki taleus badak

A type of shrub or tree in the genus Phoebe.


haur cina

Compound of haur (“bamboo”) + cina (“China, Chinese”), literally "Chinese bamboo".

compound+

A shrubby type of bamboo, Bambusa multiplex.


ki badak

Cyrtophyllum fragrans
Cyrtophyllum fragrans#Translingual


ki bako

Tournefortia argentea L.
Tournefortia argentea L.


Ki balanak

Avicennia officinalis L.
Avicennia officinalis L.


ki bangbara

A type of tree, either Vitex quinata or Vitex pinnata


bareubeuy

Helicia serrata Bl. Member of the proteaceae


sireum

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səjəm, compare Ibanag taggam.


kecap panganteb

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ᮊᮨᮎᮕ᮪ ᮕᮍᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮘ᮪

kecap panganteb (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮎᮕ᮪ ᮕᮍᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮘ᮪)

From kecap (“word”) + panganteb (“intensification”)

compound

(linguistics, grammar) emphatic particle


kecap panganteur

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


beubeunteuran

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beubeunteuran (Sundanese script ᮘᮩᮘᮩᮔ᮪ᮒᮩᮛᮔ᮪)


hujan poyan

A rain that falls while the sun is shining, a sunshower


ki malaka

Phyllantus Emblica L.
Phyllantus Emblica L.


tumbak

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

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


sabandar

From Classical Malay شهبندر (syahbandar), from Persian شهبندر (šah-bandar).


indung

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *indu-ŋ (“mother animal”)

inh+

mother (especially of other people or of animals)


pariuk

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


nyiru

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu.


beledag

description of loud banging sound (like a sharp thunderclap, firearm, whip,etc)


gelekgek

description (also as ant.) of a clucking sound ( like when drinking greedily)


sanapang

From Dutch snaphaan. Cognate with Indonesian senapan, Malay senapang, Burmese သေနတ် (senat).


sinapang

ᮞᮤᮔᮕᮀ (Sundanese character)
sanapang (alternative)

From Dutch snaphaan, from Middle Dutch snaphaen, ultimately from German Schnapphahn (“robber on horseback”). Compare Malay senapan and Indonesian senapang.


layur

Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail)


palalangon

a small watchtower on the field or at the edge of the forest as an observation post in hunting


pancalongok

peeping tom (a nickname for thieves, burglars)


papanter

a kind of small worm that eats up the core of a young rice plant


parancah

a magic formula or charm (to ward off evil power or harmful influence)


ladog

(name for the description the) rhinoceros


pangliaran

any place where wild animals or evil spirits roam


gahung

kind of mythical animal in the form of an ape


ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮊ᮪

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ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮊ᮪ • (cucuk)


ᮃᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮝᮤ

ᮃᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮝᮤ • (andéwi)


wongwongan

a ritual image of a man created from various supplies


ki hitir

kind of herb
Amomum Hochreutineri Valeton


koyan

A former unit of weight equivalent to around 30 piculs


papatong

→ Indonesian: papatong

→ Malay: pepatung

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of patong.


sinom

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 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.

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


tenung

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


ébi

From Hokkien 蝦米／虾米 (hêe-bí, “dried small shrimp”).


taplak

Borrowed from Dutch tafellaken (“tablecloth”)

bor+

tablecloth; any sort of cloth used for covering the surface of a table.


Hyang

ᮠᮡᮀ (Sundanese character)
hiang (alternative)

Inherited from Old Sundanese Hyaṅ (“God, divinity”), untimately from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ (“deity, divinity”).


lumur

From Dutch roemer (“rummer”). Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦸꦩꦸꦂ (lumur), Balinese ᬮᬸᬫᬸᬃ (lumur).


julang

Cognate with Indonesian julang (“Rhyticeros”).

hornbill, bird of the family Bucerotidae.


ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪

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ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪ • (jeruk)


ᮌᮧᮜᮧᮓᮧᮌ᮪

ᮌᮧᮜᮧᮓᮧᮌ᮪ • (golodog)


séba

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦧ (séba, “to pay homage”)

bor+

a gift as a sign of submission or of honor, brought freely and at an indefinite time; a tribute.


ᮎᮥᮛᮥᮌ᮪

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ᮎᮥᮛᮥᮌ᮪ • (curug)


ᮛᮥᮚᮥᮊ᮪

ᮛᮥᮚᮥᮊ᮪ • (ruyuk)


ᮕᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪

ᮕᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ • (puhun)


lukut

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lukut, from Proto-Austronesian *lukuC (“parasitic plant sp.”).


palabuan udara

From palabuan + udara. Calque of Indonesian bandar udara or Dutch luchthaven.


pasanggrahan

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pasanggrahan or ᮕᮞᮀᮌᮢᮠᮔ᮪ • (pasanggrahan)

pasanggrahan (canonical)
ᮕᮞᮀᮌᮢᮠᮔ᮪ (canonical)
pasanggrahan (alternative)


wadana

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

der

Menak Ki Mas Tanu, nu jadi wadana

The nobleman Ki Mas Tanu, who became a wedana

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


kabayan

(historical, obsolete) guard of the paséban (hall)

one who is ordered to do something (e.g. messenger)

(proper noun, often followed by si) a popular Sundanese folktale character, comparable to Eulenspiegel or Nasreddin


bantar

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


balong

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


cokot

Compare to Javanese cokot (“to bite”), Bashkir cokot (“to grab”).


ᮎᮧᮊᮧᮒ᮪

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ᮎᮧᮊᮧᮒ᮪ • (cokot)


empal

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀ (empal, “slices of spiced meat fried in coconut oil”), from Old Javanese ĕmpal (“flesh, meat”). Compare to Indonesian empal.

bor+

(cooking) dish of boiled or stewed meat, prepared with spices.


yuswa

From Javanese ꦪꦸꦱ꧀ꦮ (yuswa), from Old Javanese yuṣa, āyuṣa, āyuṣya (“life”), from Sanskrit आयुष्य (āyuṣya).

der

Yuswana kedah antawis 21 sareng 25 taun.

The age must be between 21 and 25 years.


aanyangan

Priangan form of aanjangan (“to play house”)


ciduh

Compound of ci- + *iduh, the former being a suffix form of Sundanese cai, while the latter is ultimately derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qizuR (“saliva”).


pamajikan

Lamun geus kawin, silaing kudu bageur ka pamajikan.

When you're married, you must be kind to your wife.


lalangit

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of langit
, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit (“sky”), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC (“sky”)


pamali

From Proto-Malayic *pali (“taboo”) through the addition of the prefix pa-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palihi, from Proto-Austronesian *paliSi (“taboo, ritual restriction; purifying rite”). Cognate with Indonesian and Malay pemali

inh

Tong ulin di luar wayah sareupna, pamali.

Don't play outside when it gets dark, it's taboo.

taboo; a ban based on social customs, traditions, or spiritual reasons.


beubeur

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəjbəj (“to wind around”). from Proto-Austronesian *bəjbəj (“to wrap around repeatedly”). Cognate with Ilocano bedbed (“band, string, rope, ribbon”)

cog

Tong hilap éta beubeur dipaké, bisi disetrap ku guru!

Don't forget to wear your belt, you might get punished by the teacher!


béwara

From Javanese wara (“words”), from Old Javanese warah (“say”).


tihang

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tihaŋ


sigung

Despite similarities in forms and meaning, it is not related to Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”) and is considered a false cognate.


catang

From Old Sundanese catang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. Doublet of batang.


embé

Compare Makasar bembe (“goat”), Malay embik (“bleat, of a goat or sheep”)

Embé di buruan imah Mang Ari leupas.


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”))


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


pitnah

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

bor+

Ceuk saha urang Sunda teu bisa nyebut hurup 'f'? Pitnah éta mah!

Who said that Sundanese people can't pronounce the letter 'f'? That's slander!


aanjangan

aanyangan (alternative)
anjang-anjangan (alternative)

Barudak awéwé keur maén aanjangan di caket TK.

The girls are playing house near the kindergarten.

A children's game pretending to be a family in the household or to carry out adult routines; to play house


bangbung

→ Malay: bangbung

→ Indonesian: bangbung

bangbung hideung
black rhino beetle

Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros)


lancan

From Old Sundanese lancan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”). Doublet of lawan.


caah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq (“flood; to overflow”), from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq (“a flood; to overflow, be in flood”). Compare Malay bah, Tagalog baha, Banjarese baah, and Old Javanese wah.

inh

Kampung éta kakeueum ku lantaran kacaahan.

That village was submerged due to flooding.


katuncar

From Malay ketumbar, from Tamil கொத்தமல்லி (kottamalli), from Sanskrit कुस्तुम्बरी (kustumbarī)


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.


hihid

A fan, usually quadrilateral-shaped, made out of woven bamboo, used for fanning rice or charcoal.


poé

From Proto-Malayo-Javanic *pa-waʀ₁i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi. Compare Pamona poai (“to dry in the sun”), Lampung Api pawai (“to dry in the sun”).

time when the sun is above the horizon, daytime


hariang

A name used in invocations to designate some supernatural personage

A given name designated for legendary figures


kawao

A climbing plant whose bark is extracted to produce a juice that prevents the souring of sugar palm sap inside a bamboo tube; Millettia sericea.


wét

From Dutch wet, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *witōþą (“law”). Displaced by Indonesian-derived undang-undang.

Hak noe ngarang disӗngkӗr noeroetkeun artikӗl tina wet noe kaoeni dina Staatsblad 1912 No. 600

1930, Volksalmanak Soenda XII, XII, Bale Poestaka:

The author's copyright is reserved in accordance with the article of the law contained in the 1912 Staatsblad, No. 600."


muncang

Aleurites moluccanus
species:Aleurites moluccanus


girang

girang (canonical)
ᮌᮤᮛᮀ (canonical)
girang (alternative)

nyieun pucuk ti girang

looking for problems that lead to quarrels

Banten Girang

Upper Banten (name of an archaeological site in Serang, Banten Province)


saliara

A theory suggests that the name comes from a mispronunciation of the surname De Serrière, a resident who might have introduced the plant.


sasajen

From Javanese sesajen (ꦱꦼꦱꦗꦺꦤ꧀), from Old Javanese sasajen. Can be reconstructed as a partial reduplication of saji + -an.

affix

reduplication of <i class="Latn mention" lang="su">saji</i>


balakasikang

tomboy, a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.


salempay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salampay (“hang of drape over the shoulder”).. Compare Malay selampai and Tagalog salampay.


engkol

From Dutch kool (“cabbage”), from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”). Cognate with Indonesian kol


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)


baduyut

a creeping plant; Trichosanthes villosa.


lancah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Compare Malay labah-labah, Ilocano lawwa, Maguindanao lalawa, and Bikol Central lawa.


cawéné

Geus teu ilahar ayeuna mah nyebut cawéné ka parawan téh.

It's now uncommon to call the term maiden to a bachelorette.


bandéra

Borrowed from Portuguese bandeira. Compare Malay bendera, Tagalog bandera or bandila.

Bandéra dipasang satengah tihang tandana nagara keur berduka.

The flag installed at half-mast means that the country is in grief.


kumpeni

From Dutch compagnie (“company”), from Old French compaignie, from compain + -ie or alternatively from compagne, from Vulgar Latin *compania, from Late Latin compāniō.

(historical) The Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”), VOC.

(historical, now) Dutch East Indies colonial government, which was formed after nationalisation of the VOC in 1800.


walikat

walikat (canonical)
ᮝᮜᮤᮊᮒ᮪ (canonical)
walikat (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balikat. Cognate with Malay belikat (“scapula”), Tagalog balikat (“shoulder”).


béntang kidang

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

compound+

(Banten, astronomy) Orion (the constellation)


béja

béja (canonical)
ᮘᮦᮏ (canonical)
béja (alternative)

From Old Sundanese béja, from Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”), from Sanskrit विद् (vid, “to know, understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; to know”)

der

Béjana mah aya kajadian tabrakan di jalan tol.

It's been said that there was a collision on the highway


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.


badori

Calotropis gigantea
Calotropis gigantea#Translingual


daluang

From Old Javanese daluwaṅ (“clothing of bark cloth”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaluaŋ. Cognate of Javanese ꦢ꧀ꦭꦸꦮꦁ (dluwang), Mandar dhâlubâng, Indonesian jeluang.

bor

paper made out of the paper mulberry tree bark


wadul

From Old Javanese wadul (“to tell story”)


jalosi

Borrowed from Dutch jaloezie, from Middle French jalousie, from Italian gelosia.


élo

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


peuteuy

peuteuy (canonical)
ᮕᮩᮒᮩᮚ᮪ (canonical)
peuteuy (alternative)

Cognate with Malay petai, Javanese peté.

peuteuy sélong – Leucaena leucocephala (lit. Ceylon stink bean)

stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa)


istrika

From Dutch strijkijzer. Cognate with Indonesian setrika.


kornét

From Indonesian kornet, perhaps from English corned (shortening from corned beef).


jeungjeuriheun

(pathology) dysuria (experiencing pain when discharging urine)


pabaru

Pabaru (canonical)
spelling ᮕᮘᮛᮥ (Sundanese)


jaringao

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zariaŋaw (“a plant: Calamus spp.”). Cognate with Indonesian jerangau.


harikukun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-kukun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukun (cf. Indonesian and Javanese walikukun)

a kind of plant that yields a hard, durable wood; Schoutenia ovata


naléndra

From Sanskrit नरेन्द्र (narendra), from नर (nara, “man”) + इन्द्र (indra, “ruler, chief; Indra”), meaning "ruler of men".

Nun Gusti Maha Nalendra/ mugi aya widi Gusti

O Lord, the ruler of all / may there be Your permission


sandékala

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

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.


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)


kecap barang

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


kecap asal

Kecap asalna "ngabuburit" téh nyaéta "burit".


rajékan trilingga

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


kecap pagawéan

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


kecap bilangan

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


minoet

saminoet

Lamoen di Batawi poekoel 12 beurang, di:
AMSTERDAM...... poekoel 5 isoek leuwih 10 minoet

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

If it is 12 o'clock noon in Batavia, in:
AMSTERDAM...... ten [minutes] past five in the morning


ton Batawi

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

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


tukang ngolo

tukang (“handyman”) + ngolo (“to flatter”)


lewang

Talaga teh kaboedeur koe pasir, toer gurawes matak lĕwang, loehoerna ratoesan elo...

1930, “Mangle. Amengan ka Goenoeng Talagabodas”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, page 236:

The lake is surrounded by hills, which are frighteningly steep. Their heights hundreds of ells tall...

height-induced vertigo, fear, and anxiety; acrophobia


Bentang Padati

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

compound+

(astronomy) Big Dipper (the constellation)


Logangga

From Old Javanese lwah (“river”) + Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “Ganga”)

Sora sondari ngahioeng
ajoen-ambing ngemban poedji
moedja ka Kali Logangga
lemah poetih banjoe soetji
Batara Wisnoe ngandika
meupeudjeuh ka djisim koering

1930, Tb. Djajadilaga, transl., Ka Pulo Jawa, translation of To Java by Rabindranath Tagore:

The voice of sundaris was humming
swaying in praise
worshipping towards the Ganges
its soil white, its water sacred
The great God Vishnu spoke to me
advising me


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.


hampelas

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


kosambi

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

(botany) a kind of ironwood tree; Schleichera oleosa


ki hiur

Javan chestnut-oak; Castanopsis javanica


taraju

From Persian ترازو (tarâzu, “balance, scales; equilibrium, balance”).


badot

bau badot


parung

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


injuk

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *izuk (“the sugar palm”). Cognate with Indonesian ijuk.

inh+

sapu injuk

black, hairy fiber taken from the sugar palm tree (Arenga pinnata)


nyéré

dried vein of the coconut leaf (commonly used to make brooms)


pangkéng

Probably borrowed from Hokkien 房間／房间 (pâng-keng, “room”). See Peranakan Indonesian pangkeng


bungin

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


kolécér

Audio


kolonyo

Clipping of Dutch eau de Cologne, from French eau de Cologne. See Malay kelonyor.

koloni (alternative)
kolonyi (alternative)


kolésom

From Hokkien 高麗參／高丽参 (ko-lê-som, “Korean ginseng”). Cognate with Indonesian kolesom.


kipsao

From Hokkien 急燒／急烧 (kiap-sio / kip-sio). Cognate with Indonesian kipsiau.


atikan

atik (“to guide along, to accompany, to educate”) + -an


atikan luhur

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ᮃᮒᮤᮊᮔ᮪ ᮜᮥᮠᮥᮁ

atikan luhur (Sundanese script ᮃᮒᮤᮊᮔ᮪ ᮜᮥᮠᮥᮁ)

* Calque of Indonesian pendidikan tinggi.
* Compound of atikan (“education”) + luhur (“high”).


pasékon

carpenter's square (An L-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.)


séwaka

From Old Sundanese séwaka, from Sanskrit सेवक (sevaka, “servant”)

down payment from a pregnant woman to midwife who will help her deliver her child later


bobogaan

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of boga (“to have”) + -an


harimumu

black dirty cobweb (e.g. on the attic or against the wall)


kaduhung

kaduhung tara ti heula

hindsight is 20/20 (literally, "regret never comes in the beginning")

Kaduhung kuring sahur ngadahar sambel.


silalatu

→ Indonesian: silalatu

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lalatu. Cognate of Javanese ꦭꦠꦸ (latu).

small bits of burning matter that flies up from a fire; spark


kuéh

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


pagéto

Old Sundanese pagétu, a blend of poé (“the day”) + geus (“after”) + itu (“that (day)”).

blend

Ayeuna Ahad, isuk Senén, pagéto Salasa.

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


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.


kini-kini

Kini-kini na jarami...


lokét

Borrowed from Dutch loket (“counter”). The sense 'counter' influenced from Indonesian loket (“counter”)

counter (a table on which business is transacted, e.g. purchasing tickets)


perenah

Di mana perenahna Gunung Karang?


rarangkén

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

cog

clothing and adornments of a bride or groom

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


almenak

Borrowed from Dutch almanak (“almanac”), from Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”).


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


barudak

Barudak, rék kamana?

(colloquial) Used to address a group of people regardless of gender. guys, lads


lambusir

ᮜᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮞᮤᮁ (Sundanese character)
lamusir (alternative)

Compare Old Javanese lamuṅsir (“back, piece (of meat) from the back”), Indonesian lemusir (“a cut of beef from near the shoulder blade”), Minangkabau lambusia (“shoulder blade, scapula; a cut of beef from near the shoulder blade”), Malagasy lamosina (“back, dorsum”).


babadotan

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of badot (“buck”) + -an


tiwu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.


pancadria

From panca (“five”) + Sanskrit इन्द्रिय (indriya, “senses”).

compound

Sanskrit <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">इन्द्रिय</i> (indriya, “senses”)


ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪

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ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ • (mencek)


mencek

→ Dutch: muntjak

→ Arabic: مُنْتَجِق (muntajiq)

→ Czech: muntžak

→ English: muntjac

→ Irish: muinseac

→ Welsh: carw mwntjac

→ Esperanto: muntjako

→ Finnish: muntjakki

→ French: muntjac

→ Georgian: მუნჯაკი (munǯaḳi)

→ German: Muntjak

→ Hungarian: muntyákszarvas

→ Polish: mundżak

→ Russian: мунтжа́к (muntžák)

→ Spanish: muntíaco

→ Swedish: muntjak

→ Turkish: munçak


manikem

Borrowed from Tamil மாணிக்கம் (māṇikkam), from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya). Cognate with Indonesian manikam, Javanese ꦩꦤꦶꦏꦼꦩ꧀ (manikem).


pamaréntah

pa- + paréntah (“to command, to order”). Compare Indonesian pemerintah.


leunca

→ Indonesian: lenca, leunca

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual

Solanum nigrum (a plant of the family Solanaceae, also known as blackberry nightshade or black nightshade)


hamperu

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


mokla

Unknown. Cognate with Javanese ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦭ (mokla)


bésan

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


lempog

A sweet, sticky confection made from durian and jaggery, similar to a dodol


lahang

Arenga pinnata
Arenga pinnata#Translingual

A drink made of the unfermented sweet sap from the Arenga pinnata flower


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')

umur tunggang gunung

an hour (wanci) in the Sundanese traditional timekeeping system equivalent to around 4 p.m.


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”), Old Javanese wuḍug (“leprosy”), Tagalog burog (“pustule”).


gondongeun

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


kabeuratan

From beurat + ka- -an. Sense of 'defecation' parallel to kahampangan


tukang polka

From tukang (“handyman”) + polka (“to cut (hair), to barber”)

“Abdi mah ti ngawitan umur 20 janten tukang polka téh,”...

2021 May 1, @antapanihits, “TUKANG POLKA KLASIK DI ANTAPANI LAMA”, in Instagram (overall work in Indonesian):

"I became a barber since I was 20 years old,..."


tajug

→ Indonesian: tajuk

Perhaps related to Javanese ꦠꦗꦸꦒ꧀ (tajug, “shape of a four-sided pyramid with a levelled-off top”), as it is a common type architectural trait found in many mosques or suraus.


ᮒᮏᮥᮌ᮪

→ Indonesian: tajuk


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


kokardeu

From Dutch kokarde, from French cocarde.


humbut

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubuj (“heart of palm, palm-cabbage”). Cognate of Malay umbut, Tagalog ubod.

inh

heart of palm (innermost part or pith of palms)


pakuis

From Dutch pakhuis (“warehouse”). Cognate with Indonesian pakus (“warehouse”)

(historical, archaic) warehouse head or manager, particularly a salt warehouse, used during the colonial era


sanglir

From Javanese ꦱꦁꦭꦶꦂ (sanglir, “cryptorchidism”)

der

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


jeujeuh

/ˈd͡ʒɤ.d͡ʒɤh/

sajeujeuh


bitung

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

inh

(botany) giant bamboo, Dendrocalamus asper


gawir

a steep slope, at the bottom of which there is an abyss; precipice or cliff


ᮊᮧᮜᮧᮒ᮪

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ᮊᮧᮜᮧᮒ᮪ • (kolot)


peunteun

From Dutch punten. Cognate of Indonesian ponten.

Si Adit boga peunteun saratus dina UTS Basa Inggrisna

Adit got a hundred on his English mid-term exam


waditra

Ultimately from Sanskrit वादित्र (vāditra, “musical instrument”) (compare वाद्य (vādya)). Compare Javanese ꦮꦣꦶꦠꦿ (waḍitra, “(archaic) gamelan or the like”)

cog

traditional Sundanese musical instruments (e.g. gamelan, suling, etc.)


ᮘᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮂ

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ᮘᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮂ • (bintih)


srangéngé

From Old Sundanese sraṅeṅe (“sun”), from Old Javanese sṛŋeŋe, from Old Javanese saṅ hyaṅ we (“the sun god/the day god”) with the infix -r- (“repeated, continuing, multiple actions”). Cognate with Javanese ꦱꦽꦔꦺꦔꦺ (srengéngé).


kaweruh

From Javanese ꦏꦮꦿꦸꦃ (kawruh, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, ka- + weruh.


Pabaru Cina

Ku alatan éta, henteu anéh lamun masarakat ngabogaan pikiran yén perayaan Pabaru China^([sic – meaning Cina]) atawa nu dipiwanoh ku sebutan Imlék, raket pisan patalina jeung hujan.

2023 February 3, Ubay Subarna, “Pabaru Cina”, in Sunda Urang, retrieved 2024-12-31:

Therefore, it comes as no surprise that people think the Chinese New Year celebration, or known as Imlek, is closely related to rain.


ᮕᮨᮁᮏᮥᮛᮤᮒ᮪

ᮕᮨᮁᮏᮥᮛᮤᮒ᮪ • (perjurit)


ᮘᮌᮦᮃ

ᮘᮌᮦᮃ • (bagéa)


canéla

From Javanese ꦕꦤꦺꦭ (canéla, “a kind of velvet slippers”) Portuguese chinela (“flip-flop”), ultimately from Italian pianella (“mule (heelless slipper)”). Distant cognate of Tagalog tsinelas.


ᮏᮤᮞᮤᮙ᮪

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ᮏᮤᮞᮤᮙ᮪ • (jisim)


ᮆᮔᮦᮀ

ᮆᮔᮦᮀ • (énéng)


ᮕᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮔ᮪

ᮕᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮔ᮪ • (pantun)


ᮃᮜ᮪ᮙᮨᮔᮊ᮪

ᮃᮜ᮪ᮙᮨᮔᮊ᮪ • (almenak)


ᮜᮧᮊᮦᮒ᮪

ᮜᮧᮊᮦᮒ᮪ • (lokét)


ᮓᮥᮄᮒ᮪

ᮓᮥᮄᮒ᮪ • (duit)


ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮊ᮪

ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮊ᮪ • (rorompok)


ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮦ

ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮦ • (embé)


ᮊᮥᮆᮂ

ᮊᮥᮆᮂ • (kuéh)


ᮕᮞᮛᮦᮃᮔ᮪

ᮕᮞᮛᮦᮃᮔ᮪ • (pasaréan)


kecap lemes

→ Indonesian: kecap lemes

kecap (“word”) + lemes (“smooth; fine”), literally “fine words”

compound

(linguistics, grammar) vocabularies that are used within basa lemes (“respectful and honorific language register”)


ᮊᮨᮛᮤᮞ᮪

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ᮊᮨᮛᮤᮞ᮪ • (keris)


sanajan

Sanajan gogoakan ogé moal bisa lésot silaing mah!

Even if you scream and shout, you won't be able to get away!


pajaratan

From Javanese pajaratan. Perhaps from pa- -an + Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra, “pilgrimage”)


ᮊᮤᮓᮥᮜ᮪

ᮊᮤᮓᮥᮜ᮪ • (kidul)


pakidulan

SADAJANA oge tangtos parantos ngadangu, jen di pakidulan tanah Banten aja pagunungan anu ditjitjingan ku urang Baduj, nja eta bangsa urang, nu tuhu sareng keukeuh pageuh njekel agem-ageman talari karuhunna, ti baheula dugi ka kiwari.

1951, R. Djatnika Soeriadiradja, Baduj: Buku Batjaan Bahasa Sunda, Kementrian Pendidikan, Pengadjaran, dan Kebudajaan, page 6:

Everyone has certainly heard that in the southern part of the lands of Banten, there are mountains inhabited by the Baduy people, a part of our people, who truly and steadfastly hold on to the old traditions of their ancestors, from ancient times to the present.


kalér

From Javanese lèr, from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud. Compare with Balinese ᬓᬮᬾᬃ (kalér, “north”).

Ti béh kalér kabireungeuh Béntang Padati.

From the north, the Big Dipper becomes visible.


acarana

Blend of acara (“event”) + -na. Cognates to Kangean acarana (“the event”).


gondéwa

From Sanskrit गाण्डीव (gāṇḍīva, “Gandiva, the divine bow of Arjuna”). Cognate with Old Javanese gāṇḍiwa, gāṇḍewa.


ᮌᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮝ

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ᮌᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮝ • (gondéwa)


mitoha

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


katineung

desire (strong attraction, particularly romantic or intimate); affection


ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪

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ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪ • (masjid)


hoé

From Old Sundanese hoé, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay. Cognate with Tagalog uway, Western Cham hawei, Paiwan quai, Bunun huaz.


turusi

Ultimately from Tamil துருசு (turucu, “blue vitriol”). Cognate with Malay terusi, Malayalam തുരിശ് (turiśŭ).


béndi

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦶ (béndi, “tilbury, chaise”), ultimately from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa) via Prakrit 𑀪𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀻 (bhaṇḍī) and the Dravidian languages (cf. Tamil வண்டி (vaṇṭi, “vehicle”), Telugu బండి (baṇḍi, “carriage”)). Cognate with Indonesian bendi.

bor

tilbury; chaise (an open two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage)


ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮓᮤ

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ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮓᮤ • (béndi)


jahé

Cognate to Indonesian jahe, Old Javanese jahya.


sosoca

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of soca (“eye”).


reungit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rəŋit (“gnat, midge”). Cognate of Malay rengit, Mongondow yongit, Ponosakan yongit, Maranao rengit.


waliwis

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliwis, *bariwis (“wild duck”). Compare Malay belibis, Javanese ꦩ꧀ꦭꦶꦮꦶꦱ꧀ (mliwis), and Tagalog baliwis.


haté

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay. Doublet of ati.

Dasar jalma teu boga haté!

(figurative, more common) heart (mind, feeling)


kiara

Blend of ki + ara, the latter from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa (“Ficus spp.”). Compare with Old Javanese hara.


ᮊᮦᮏᮧ

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ᮊᮦᮏᮧ • (kéjo)


lémpéng

piece of flattened tobacco, which weighs one-hundredth of a picul (equivalent to around 600 grams)


ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪

ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ • (ménak)


kabubuahan

Related to buah (“fruit”). Compare with Indonesian buah pinggang (“ginjal”, literally “fruit of the waist”).


ᮊᮨᮘᮧᮔ᮪

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ᮊᮨᮘᮧᮔ᮪ • (kebon)


poléng

From Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦺꦁ (poléng, “check (pattern)”). Cognate with Balinese ᬧᭀᬮᬾᬂ (poleng)

der

check (patterns, e.g. plaid, gingham, etc.)


ᮕᮧᮜᮦᮀ

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ᮕᮧᮜᮦᮀ • (poléng)


kéler

Likely from Dutch kelder (“cellar”). Cognate with Indonesian keler (“cask”).


babajég

Partial reduplication (rajékan dwipurwa) of bajég.


panglayar

From pang- + layar. Named after its sail-like shape akin to a proa, also the final /r/ voice at the end of layar.

matchmaker (someone who finds suitable love partners for other people.)

ᮔ (na) + ◌ ᮁ (panglayar) → ᮔᮁ (nar)

(linguistics, in Sundanese script) A diacritic ⟨◌ ᮁ⟩ signifying the addition of the final /r/ sound at the end of a letter.


panyuku

From pang- + suku. Named after its placement at the bottom (or foot) of the letter.

ᮔ (na) + ◌ ᮥ (panyuku) → ᮔᮥ (nu)

A diacritical mark (rarangkén) ⟨◌ ᮥ⟩ signifying the vowel /u/ in the Sundanese script.


pamaéh

ᮔ (na) + ◌᮪ (∅) → ᮔ᮪ (n)

virama (a diacritic/ rarangkén ⟨◌᮪⟩ signifying the lack of a vowel)


panéléng

ᮔ (na) + ◌ᮦ (panyuku) → ᮔᮦ (né)

A diacritic (rarangkén) ⟨◌ᮦ⟩ signifying the vowel /ɛ/ in the Sundanese script.


téléng

Compare Indonesian taling. Also compare tolong

an open-mid front unrounded vowel (/ɛ/), "sharp e" (written as é in Sundanese latin orthography and ᮆ in native Sundanese script)


panyecek

ᮔ (na) + ◌ ᮀ (-ng) → ᮔᮀ (nang)

A diacritic (rarangkén) ⟨◌ ᮀ⟩ signifying the final /ŋ/ in the Sundanese script; anusvara.


panghulu

* From pang- + hulu. Compare Indonesian penghulu, Tagalog pangulo (“president”).
* Sense of diacritic is named after its placement at the top (or head) of the letter.

chief, head, leader (especially of religious affairs, mainly Islamic)

ᮔ (na) + ◌ᮤ (i) → ᮔᮦ (ni)

a diacritic (rarangkén) ⟨◌ᮤ⟩ signifying the vowel /i/ in the Sundanese script.


pangwisad

ᮔ (na) + ◌ᮂ (-h) → ᮔᮂ (nah)

visarga (a diacritic/rarangkén ⟨◌ᮂ⟩ signifying the final /h/ sound at the end of the letter)


aksara ngalagena

aksara ngalagena (Sundanese script ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮍᮜᮌᮨᮔ)

(linguistics, orthography) consonant letters in the Sundanese script

Sundanese script consonants: Aksara Ngalagena: ᮊ


ngalagena

From earlier ngalegena, from Javanese ꦔ꧀ꦭꦼꦒꦼꦤ (nglegena, “naked; be suffice; without diacritics”), ultimately from Sanskrit नग्न (nagna, “naked”). Distant cognate of English naked.

der

(linguistics) consonant sounds without diacritics (rarangkén)


ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪

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ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪ • (sinduk)


ᮅᮞᮥᮊ᮪

ᮅᮞᮥᮊ᮪ • (usuk)


kanjut

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

clipping

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


tambusu

Compare Minangkabau tambunsu (“intestines”).


kérod salawé

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kérod salawé (Sundanese script ᮊᮦᮛᮧᮓ᮪ ᮞᮜᮝᮦ)


ᮈᮙ᮪ᮕᮜ᮪

ᮈᮙ᮪ᮕᮜ᮪ • (empal)


manyakit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ñakit, from *sakit. Compare Tagalog manakit.


lantayan

From *lantay + -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lantay (“bamboo matting or platform”). Doublet of lanté. Cognate with Indonesian lantai.

inh

bamboo poles installed horizontally on upright supports for drying harvested rice.


mumuncangan

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mumuncangan (Sundanese script ᮙᮥᮙᮥᮔ᮪ᮎᮍᮔ᮪)

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of muncang (“candlenut”) + -an


kila-kila

Lamun aya kukupu hiber di jero imah, éta teh kila-kila yén bakal aya tamu sumping.

"If a butterfly flies inside the house, it's a sign that a guest will arrive."


kaso-kaso

Reduplication of kaso, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw. Cognate with Indonesian kasau, Ilocano kasaw.


rajékan dwilingga

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ᮛᮏᮦᮊᮔ᮪ ᮓ᮪ᮝᮤᮜᮤᮀᮌ

rajékan dwilingga (Sundanese script ᮛᮏᮦᮊᮔ᮪ ᮓ᮪ᮝᮤᮜᮤᮀᮌ)

rajékan (“reduplication”) + dwi (“two”) + lingga (“lingam”)

compound

(linguistics, grammar) full reduplication without the alternation of the vowel.


rajékan dwiréka

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ᮛᮏᮦᮊᮔ᮪ ᮓ᮪ᮝᮤᮛᮦᮊ

rajékan dwiréka (Sundanese script ᮛᮏᮦᮊᮔ᮪ ᮓ᮪ᮝᮤᮛᮦᮊ)

rajékan (“reduplication”) + dwi (“two”) + réka (“to depict, to alter something”)

compound

pelong (“gaze, look at”) → pulang-pelong (“to look around repeatedly”)
seuri (“laugh”) → sura-seuri (“to laugh”)
lantung (“to gallivant”) → luntang-lantung (“to gallivant, to roam around”)
balik (“to return, to go back”) → bulak-balik (“to go back and forth”)

(linguistics, grammar) apophonic reduplication.


mesin téang

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mesin téang (Sundanese script ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮦᮃᮀ)

From mesin (“engine”) + téang (“search”). Calque of English search engine.


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮦᮃᮀ

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮦᮃᮀ • (mesin téang)


wéra

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis#Translingual

Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)


kenténg

imah kenténg


ᮊᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮀ

ᮊᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮀ • (kenténg)


ᮠᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥ

ᮠᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥ • (huntu)


ᮙᮥᮒᮦ

ᮙᮥᮒᮦ • (muté)


ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮛ

ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮛ • (bandéra)


galéndo

→ Indonesian: galendo


rambetuk

ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮒᮥᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)
rametuk (alternative)

Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster#Translingual


titiran

Geopelia striata
Geopelia striata#Translingual


saéh

Broussonetia papyrifera
Broussonetia papyrifera#Translingual

paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)


babatok

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of batok.


teureup

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təʀəp. Cognate with Indonesian terap.


daweuh

a small variety of rattan, used for cords or whips.


biwir

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ.

biwir sambung lémék, suku sambung léngkah


indung leungeun

indung leungeun (Sundanese script ᮘᮘᮏᮦᮌ᮪)

From indung + leungeun, literally “mother of the hand”. Compare Indonesian ibu jari, Khiamniungan Naga phōhkhò nyù.


ᮅᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮜ᮪

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ᮅᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮜ᮪ • (umbel)


ᮜᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪

ᮜᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪ • (lukut)


carulang

Compare Indonesian belulang, Javanese ꦭꦸꦭꦔꦤ꧀ (lulangan).

Eleusine indica
Eleusine indica#Translingual


paku andam

paku andam (Sundanese script ᮕᮊᮥ ᮃᮔ᮪ᮓᮙ᮪)


duduitan

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of duit (“money”) + -an


paku duduitan

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ᮕᮊᮥ ᮓᮥᮓᮥᮄᮒᮔ᮪

paku duduitan (Sundanese script ᮕᮊᮥ ᮓᮥᮓᮥᮄᮒᮔ᮪)


jukut riut

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica#Translingual


sintrong

redflower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides


paturay tineung

ᮕᮒᮥᮛᮚ᮪ ᮒᮤᮔᮩᮀ

paturay tineung (Sundanese script ᮕᮒᮥᮛᮚ᮪ ᮒᮤᮔᮩᮀ)

From paturay (“to separate from one another”) + tineung (“to long for”)


pupuhu

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of puhu.

pupuhu sakola

pupuhu adat


cangkudu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkudu. Compare Indonesian mengkudu, Tagalog bangkoro.

inh+

Morinda citrifolia
Morinda citrifolia#Translingual


kasintu

→ Indonesian: kasintu


pancén

From Javanese ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦺꦤ꧀ (pancén, “part that has been determined or assigned; indeed”), from ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦶ (panci, “to be assigned”).

bor

Pancén hidep nyaéta ngadamel préséntasi.

Your assignment is to make a presentation.


hareupeun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp-ən, from *qadəp. By surface analysis, hareup + -eun. Compare Malay hadapan.

di hareupeun imah


pésak

pocket (a bag stitched to items of clothing)


pangsiun

ᮕᮀᮞᮤᮅᮔ᮪ (Sundanese character)
pengsiun (alternative)
pansiun (alternative)


daur cai

Calque of Indonesian daur air, itself a calque of Dutch waterkringloop (“water cycle”)


kajajadén

From ka- + rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of jadi + -an.

Maung kajajadén.


bujal

Cognate of Javanese ꦮꦸꦢꦼꦭ꧀ (wudel). Doublet of udel.


takokak

→ Indonesian: tekokak

Solanum torvum
Solanum torvum#Translingual


wiwirang

Rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of wirang.

Hartina: oelah wani-wani njorang sagala kalakoean, noe teu pikadjoengdjoengeun koe awak maneh atawa koe tanaga maneh, sabab taja noe pinoeloengeun katiwasan djeung wiwirang maneh kadjaba boedi maneh...

1888, Moehammad Moesa, “Manoek Garoeda Djeung Gagak”, in Dongeng-Donggen Pieunteungeun, page 5:

The meaning is: Do not dare to undertake any actions that your body or strength cannot uphold, because no one can help you avoid disaster and disgrace except your own wisdom...


kaisin

Ari manéh boga kaisin teu?


tarasi

Compare Javanese ꦠꦿꦱꦶ (trasi), Indonesian terasi, Dutch trassie.


kaol

From Arabic قَوْل (qawl, “saying; assertion; speech”)

Aya perebutan kaol di kalangan ulama ngeunaan kunut subuh

There are differing opinions among scholars regarding the qunut in the Subh prayer.

ceuk sakaol


palisir

Cognate of Old Javanese palisir/paliṅsir (“edge decoration”)


palipid

From Old Javanese palipid (“edge; frame”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pidpid (“next to”). Cognate of Cebuano palidpid (“to pass close along the side of”).


pipilis

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilis (“temple”)


aoseun

aoseun murangkalih


kembang srangéngé

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ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮞᮢᮍᮦᮍᮦ

kembang srangéngé (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮞᮢᮍᮦᮍᮦ)

From kembang (“flower”) + srangéngé (“sun”). Compare Indonesian bunga matahari, Dutch zonnebloem, English sunflower.


paranakan

A mixed-race person, especially of Peranakan descent


parekan

From Old Sundanese parekan. Reanalyzed as parek + -an.


tulalé

Perhaps from Old Javanese tulalay. Compare Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦭꦺ (tlalé), Malay belalai, Makasar ᨅᨘᨒᨒᨙ (bulale), Tagalog bulalay.


tengangé

From Javanese ꦠꦼꦔꦔꦺ (tengangé, “midday”), from Old Javanese tĕṅah ṅ we (“midday”),


ririwa

a ghost of a deceased person with unfinished business


cuhcur

Kue cucur (a kuih made of deep-fried rice flour and palm sugar)

(usually preceded by manuk) a kind of earth-colored bird; likely Caprimulgus affinis (Savanna nightjar)


bangbara

From Old Sundanese bangbara. Perhaps from Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara, “black bumblebee”), likely via Pali 𑀪𑀫𑀭 (bhamara).


sésa

From Sanskrit शेष (śeṣa, “remaining”). Compare Indonesian sisa.


guriang

Bĕunang guguru ti gunung,
Bĕunang nanya ti Guriang

1862, Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (overall work in English):

I have been taught it among the mountain,
I have enquired after it from the mountain spirit.

a kind of powerful spirit that lives in the mountains


tarang baga

From tarang + baga, the latter from Sanskrit भग (bhaga, “vulva”)


panolong

ᮔ (na) + ◌ᮧ (-o) → ᮔᮧ (no)

A diacritic (rarangkén) ⟨◌ᮧ⟩ signifying the vowel /o/ the Sundanese script


gosali

From Old Javanese gusali (“smithy; smithery”). Cognate of Javanese ꦒꦸꦱꦭꦶ (gusali, “blacksmith”), Tagalog gusali (“building”).

smithy; the place where a blacksmith works


térmodinamika

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térmodinamika (Sundanese script ᮒᮦᮁᮙᮧᮓᮤᮔᮙᮤᮊ)

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

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


daminatila

(music) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables da, mi, na, ti, and la to represent the five principal pitches of the Sundanese pentatonic scale (pelog).


tabuh

From Javanese ꦠꦧꦸꦃ (tabuh, “mallet for hitting gamelan; hour”). Doublet of tabeuh.

bor

Geus tabuh sabaraha?

Ayeuna geus tabuh lima.


buludru

From Portuguese veludo (“velvet”). Cognate with Indonesian beludru, Malay baldu, Japanese ビロード (birōdo)


parigi

From Old Sundanese parigi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀigi (“artificially enclosed catchment for water: well, ditch”). Cognate with Old Javanese parigi (“low encircling wall of stones; paved bank or slope”), Javanese ꦥꦫꦶꦒꦶ (parigi, “stone levee”), Malay perigi (“well”).


limus sakeureut

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ᮜᮤᮙᮥᮞ᮪ ᮞᮊᮩᮛᮩᮒ᮪

limus sakeureut (Sundanese script ᮜᮤᮙᮥᮞ᮪ ᮞᮊᮩᮛᮩᮒ᮪)

From Old Sundanese limus sakeureut (literally “a slice of horse mango”).


bikang

From Old Sundanese bikaṅ (“female (of animals)”). Compare Old Javanese bikaṅ (“daughter of a brahman(?)”)

cog

domba bikang


tenggek

From Old Javanese tĕṅgĕk (“neck; throat”)


bébérétéan

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bébérétéan (Sundanese script ᮘᮦᮘᮦᮛᮦᮒᮦᮃᮔ᮪)


ᮘᮦᮘᮦᮛᮦᮒᮦᮃᮔ᮪

ᮘᮦᮘᮦᮛᮦᮒᮦᮃᮔ᮪ • (bébérétéan)


panitih

From Portuguese alfinete (“safety pin”). Cognate of Indonesian peniti.


pihanéan

a frame on which the warp threads for weaving are stretched; loom


ᮕᮤᮠᮔᮦᮃᮔ᮪

ᮕᮤᮠᮔᮦᮃᮔ᮪ • (pihanéan)


eureup-eureup

eureup-eureup (Sundanese script ᮉᮛᮩᮕ᮪-ᮉᮛᮩᮕ᮪)


ᮒᮥᮒᮥᮒ᮪

ᮒᮥᮒᮥᮒ᮪ • (tutut)


dampal

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *dapaN.


hampura

Compare Old Javanese apura, Javanese ꦲꦥꦸꦫ (apura).


ganggarangan

From Old Javanese gagaraṅan (“a kind of small fox”). Cognate with Javanese ꦒꦫꦔꦤ꧀ (garangan), Banjarese senggarangan.


lalangsé

Compare Old Javanese laṅse (“curtain”), Javanese ꦭꦁꦱꦺ (langsé).


lodong

a type of vessel made out of a piece of bamboo the length of 2-3 joints, used to store water or lahang; bamboo keg


manglé

From Old Javanese maṅle (“festoon”), perhaps from Sanskrit माला (mālā) or Tamil மாலை (mālai).

flower garland (especially made out of jasmine flowers)


karéés

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karéés (Sundanese script ᮊᮛᮦᮆᮞ᮪, plural kakaréésan)

ᮊᮛᮦᮆᮞ᮪ (Sundanese character)
kakaréésan (plural)