alim

From Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim), active participle of عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).


kali

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali (“to dug”).


kaput

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kaput (Sundanese script ᮊᮕᮥᮒ᮪, active ngaput, passive dikaput)

ᮊᮕᮥᮒ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngaput (active)
dikaput (passive)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaput (“to tie or clasp together; to button”).


ngéwé

(vulgar, active voice) to fuck; to have sex


baca

From Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā, “speech, voice”).


ala

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ala (Sundanese script ᮃᮜ, active ngala, passive diala)

ᮃᮜ (Sundanese character)
ngala (active)
diala (passive)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ala (“take, get, fetch; marry”)


jig

Jig atuh geura indit!

(inchoative) to go (used along with indit)


boga

Ultimately from Sanskrit भोग (bhoga, “enjoyment, eating”). cf. Pali bhoga (“possession”).

der

Si Kabayan boga properti


hos

Hos baé manéhna paéh kena pélor

draw one's last breath
draw one's last breath


asa

From Sanskrit रस (rasa, “taste, feeling”)

Asa aya nu hilap...

Seems like there's something I forgot...

Tong asa-asa daharna

(often reduplicated) to doubt; to hesitate


aji

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aji (Sundanese script ᮃᮏᮤ, active ngaji)

ᮃᮏᮤ (Sundanese character)
ngaji (active)

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

der

to read (especially a sacred or holy text)


ajak

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

to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)


aya

From Old Sundanese aya, waya, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“be, exist, no, have”).

Diditu aya randa.

Kamari si amang aya didieu

to be present, to exist, be there, there is.

Aya naon?

Teu aya nanaon


kagok

to be unable to carry out something (because something got in the way)


galo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *galu (“stir, mix”).


bulak

head

bulak (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮜᮊ᮪, active ngabulak)

ᮘᮥᮜᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngabulak (active)

Compare Tagalog bulák (“effervescence”).


daya

to deceive, to persuade to anything under false pretenses. artifice. trick.


olo

lead someone up the garden path
lead someone up the garden path

to deceive by flattery; to lead someone up the garden path


salin

salin (Sundanese script ᮞᮜᮤᮔ᮪, active nyalin)

ᮞᮜᮤᮔ᮪ (Sundanese character)
nyalin (active)

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


tuduh

tuduh (Sundanese script ᮒᮥᮓᮥᮂ, active nuduh)

ᮒᮥᮓᮥᮂ (Sundanese character)
nuduh (active)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cuzuq.


suhun

suhun (Sundanese script ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪, active nyuhun)

ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ (Sundanese character)
nyuhun (active)

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

inh

(by extension, lemes) to ask or request for something


tanghi

From Old Javanese taṅhi. Cognate of Javanese ꦠꦔꦶ (tangi)

to get up from a sleeping or sitting position


apal

From Malay hafal (“to memorize”), from Arabic حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to preserve”).


aos

head

aos (Sundanese script ᮃᮇᮞ᮪, active ngaos)

ᮃᮇᮞ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngaos (active)

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


taya

Blend of teu (“no; without”) + aya (“exist”). Compare Malay tiada.


éwé

head

éwé (Sundanese script ᮆᮝᮦ, active ngéwé, passive diéwé)

ᮆᮝᮦ (Sundanese character)
ngéwé (active)
diéwé (passive)

→ Betawi: éwé ("to fuck, to have sex")

→ Indonesian: ewe ("to fuck, to have sex")


palay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ through metathesis. Cognate with Lampung Api palai (“tired”)


emam

Possibly onomatopoeic. Compare Cebuano am-am, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܥܡܥܡ (“food”), Cantonese 𩜠𩜠 /𬲿𬲿 (“food”).

For synonyms, see dahar


hakan

hakan (Sundanese script ᮠᮊᮔ᮪, active ngahakan, passive dihakan)

ᮠᮊᮔ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngahakan (active)
dihakan (passive)

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Paingan wé geus euweuh ari ku manéh dihakan kabéh mah!

No wonder there aren't any left if you ate all of them!


neda

From Javanese ꦤꦼꦝ (nedha, “to eat, to come on”). Reanalyzed as N- + teda.

bor

Muhun, parantos neda abdi mah.

"Ku kituna, abdi neda dihapunten tina samudaya kalepatan."

"Therefore, I humbly ask for forgiveness for all my mistakes."


atur

From Malay atur, from Proto-Malayic *hatur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuʀ.


cidra

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cidra (Sundanese script ᮎᮤᮓᮢ, active nyidra)

ᮎᮤᮓᮢ (Sundanese character)
nyidra (active)

Ultimately from Sanskrit छिद्र (chidra, “torn apart; hole, opening, defect, flaw”). Cognate with Javanese ꦕꦶꦢꦿ (cidra), Indonesian cedera (“injury”).


lali

From Javanese lali, from Old Javanese lali.


kuping

head

kuping (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮕᮤᮀ, active nguping)

ᮊᮥᮕᮤᮀ (Sundanese character)
nguping (active)


butuh

Cognate with Javanese ꦧꦸꦠꦸꦃ (butuh), Indonesian butuh, Old Javanese butuh (“in trouble, in difficulties, embarrassed”).


angkat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aŋkat.


alih

(intransitive) to move (to change place or posture; to go)


talinga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa (“ear”), from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa (“ear”).


palid

Aya nu palid di walungan Cikunir.

There's something adrift on the Cikunir river.

to be carried along by the current; to be swept away


unggah

unggah (canonical)
ᮅᮀᮌᮂ (canonical)
unggah (alternative)

Cognate with Javanese unggah (ꦈꦁꦒꦃ, “to lift up”).


dahar

Derived from Old Javanese ḍahar (“food, meal”). Cognate with Javanese dhahar, Balinese ᬤᬳᬃ.


dadawuhan

to have periods, or be subject to periodicity

(Bali) to measure time by a kind of clepsydra


sujud

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


leueut

head

leueut (Sundanese script ᮜᮩᮉᮒ᮪, active ngaleueut, passive dileueut)

ᮜᮩᮉᮒ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngaleueut (active)
dileueut (passive)


tuang

For synonyms, see dahar

Bapa, badé tuang?


seuseup

seuseup (Sundanese script ᮞᮩᮞᮩᮕ᮪, active nyeuseup)

ᮞᮩᮞᮩᮕ᮪ (Sundanese character)
nyeuseup (active)


tiup

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiup (“blowing on, fanning”).


gumujeng

From Javanese ꦒꦸꦩꦸꦗꦼꦁ (gumujeng), from ꦒꦸꦗꦼꦁ (gujeng). Analyzed as gujeng + -um-


tingali

head

tingali (Sundanese script ᮒᮤᮍᮜᮤ, active ningali)

ᮒᮤᮍᮜᮤ (Sundanese character)
ningali (active)

From Javanese ꦠꦶꦔꦭ꧀ (tingal), from Old Javanese atiṅhali. Doublet of tingal.


ambung

ambung (Sundanese script ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮀ, active ngambung or ngambungan, passive diambung or diambungan)

ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮀ (Sundanese character)
ngambung (active)
ngambungan (active)
diambung (passive)
diambungan (passive)

From Javanese ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦁ (ambung), from Old Javanese ambuṅ.


pupus

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puspus (“finished, completed; all gone”), *-pus (“end, finish”).


tewek

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tewek (Sundanese script ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪, active newek)

ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)
newek (active)


papah

Perhaps from lampah (“gait, walk; deed, course of action”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lampaq (“walk, go”). Cognate to Javanese ꦭꦩ꧀ꦥꦃ (lampah)


kedeng

head

kedeng (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮀ, active ngedeng)

ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮀ (Sundanese character)
ngedeng (active)

to lie (resting in a horizontal position)


adeg

adeg (Sundanese script ᮃᮓᮨᮌ᮪, active ngadeg)

ᮃᮓᮨᮌ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngadeg (active)

From Old Sundanese adeg, from Old Javanese adĕg.


robah

robah (Sundanese script ᮛᮧᮘᮂ, active ngarobah)

ᮛᮧᮘᮂ (Sundanese character)
ngarobah (active)


labuh

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall, drop anchor”). Compare Indonesian labuh


kumbah

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (kumbah), from Old Javanese kumbah.


ameng

Barudak kelas 12 badé arameng ka Énoshima, ceunah

The 12th-grade students are reportedly going on a trip to Enoshima.

to play, to enjoy oneself, to amuse oneself


bareuh

From Proto-Austronesian *baReq (abscess)


osol

Nya kieu nasibna soldadu, diosol-osol jeung diadu-adu.

This is the fate of a soldier: to be manipulated and pitted against one another.

to incite someone to do something bad or evil; to abet or to manipulate.


ᮊᮤᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮜ᮪

head

ᮊᮤᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮜ᮪ • (kimpel)


balayar

From ba- + layar. Related to Indonesian berlayar.


ᮌᮦᮞᮦᮂ

ᮌᮦᮞᮦᮂ • (géséh)


ᮃᮓᮨᮌ᮪

ᮃᮓᮨᮌ᮪ • (adeg)


weruh

weruh (Sundanese script ᮝᮨᮛᮥᮂ, active ngaweruh)

ᮝᮨᮛᮥᮂ (Sundanese character)
ngaweruh (active)

From Javanese ꦮꦼꦫꦸꦃ (weruh, “to know”), from Old Javanese wruh.


moal

Perhaps from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl, “impossible”). If so, doublet of mohal.

Kawasna engké peuting mah moal hujan

It seems like it won't rain later tonight.

(in conversations as an interjection) to not want


ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪

ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪ • (tewek)


nganonaktipkeun

ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪

nganonaktipkeun (Sundanese script ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪)

(transitive) to deactivate, to disable (to put something out of action)


ngahurungkeun

ngahurungkeun (Sundanese script ᮍᮠᮥᮛᮥᮀᮊᮩᮔ᮪)


ngaktipkeun

ngaktipkeun (Sundanese script ᮍᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪)

(transitive) to activate, to enable (to put something into action)


ngafungsikeun

ngafungsikeun (Sundanese script ᮍᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤᮊᮩᮔ᮪)

(transitive) to put into function, to activate, to enable


ᮒᮤᮅᮕ᮪

ᮒᮤᮅᮕ᮪ • (tiup)


ᮍᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤᮊᮩᮔ᮪

ᮍ- (nga-) + ᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤ (fungsi) + -ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (-keun)


ᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪

head

ᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪ • (mupus)


bangga

From Javanese ꦧꦁꦒ (bangga, “rebelling; difficult”), from Old Javanese bhaṅga (“to usurp, to rebel; arrogant, insolent”), from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga, “dividing, destruction”).


arek

Alternative spelling of arék (“to want”)


surup

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (“enter, penetrate; to set, of the sun”).

inh

to possess (taking control of someone's body or mind)

to fit with someone's argument (to be in agreement)


ᮕᮆᮂ

head

ᮕᮆᮂ • (paéh)


ᮊᮧᮞᮧᮊ᮪

ᮊᮧᮞᮧᮊ᮪ • (kosok)


ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮊᮔ᮪

ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮊᮔ᮪ • (ambekan)


ᮕᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪

ᮕᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪ • (pupus)


ᮊᮥᮜᮨᮙ᮪

ᮊᮥᮜᮨᮙ᮪ • (kulem)


ᮞᮨᮘᮦᮁ

ᮞᮨᮘᮦᮁ • (sebér)


ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪

ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ • (suhun)


ᮌᮧᮌᮧᮒ᮪

ᮌᮧᮌᮧᮒ᮪ • (gogot)


ᮘᮨᮓᮧᮜ᮪

ᮘᮨᮓᮧᮜ᮪ • (bedol)


ᮃᮛᮧᮒ᮪

ᮃᮛᮧᮒ᮪ • (arot)


ᮙᮤᮒᮨᮞ᮪

ᮙᮤᮒᮨᮞ᮪ • (mites)


ᮃᮛᮨᮊ᮪

ᮃᮛᮨᮊ᮪ • (arek)


matak

matak (canonical)
ᮙᮒᮊ᮪ (canonical)
matak (alternative)

Lalajoan waé vidéo 'brainrot' jiga kararieu mah matak manéh belet.

Watching 'brainrot' videos like these makes you stupid.


ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪

ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪ • (alim)


ᮌᮨᮜᮥᮒ᮪

ᮌᮨᮜᮥᮒ᮪ • (gelut)


nyana

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”)

Urang teu nyana Arab Saudi meunang ngalawan Argéntina

I didn't expect that Saudi Arabia won against Argentina


endung

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ (Sundanese character)
embung (alternative)


ngala

ngala cau

ngala nilem

to fish (followed by lauk or any names for fish)


seuri

Barudak téh seuri ngagalakgak


hiras

to order or demand someone to do something; to have someone do something


ngomong

ngomong (kasar pisan ngabangus, kasar ngomong, panengah sasauran, sedeng nyanggem, lemes nyarios, lemes pisan ngandika)


dangah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋadaq by metathesis. Similar to nangadah (“to look upward”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋadaq.


adus

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

af

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


lulun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lulun, from Proto-Austronesian *luluN (“to roll up”).


ngelesed

slowly move (somewhat) (esp. of someone who is sitting on the ground)

quietly or stealthily go away (so that no one sees or is troubled by it)


ngaléos

go away (esp. quietly, without notice,etc.)


paburisat

to fly apart, flee in all directions; to scatter (of people, also of a pile of firewood etc.)


ngabagug

sit or stand unmoving (e.g. of a dog, of a people, somewhat course)

stand still unmoving (e.g. of a broken down vehicle)

stand ready (of dishes on the table etc. )


ngajungkiring

to have a clearly visible shape or form (especially because of its huge size, e.g. a huge mountain)

to be conspicuous through external shape (big size etc.; e.g. of big buildings, huge animals)


mayakpak

stretched over a great distance (of a like, water on a rice-field, a city that is spread out down below, an army spread out over a flat terrain, etc.)


ancal-ancalan

(only/already/still) to be here and there; to appear scattered (of e.g. ripening rice in the field, tree growth on the plains, villages in a thinly populated area, fruit that is not ready for harvest, work in conjunction with cultivation, in an old tradition)


kumelendang

slowly walk here and there (like grazing cattle)


ngalénghoy

move slowly ( of someone who walks, a swimming fish, a slithering snake)


norolong

walk quickly (without standing still, stumbling,etc.)

speak (read aloud, recite, etc.) fluently (without hesitation or interruption)


nerengteng

to proceed quickly (also figuratively with reference to handling a subject etc.)


nyoréang

turn the head (and look) at someone or something


ngaplak

to stretch wide (of a stretch of water, rice-field complex, open field, etc.)


nyaracalan

to come to lie scattered (eg. of objects on the table, of isolated houses, grains of rice dropping out of a sack during transportation)


ampih

(of person) retreat (to one's room etc.)


ngampih

to retreat (in one's house, bedroom, in the campus,etc.)

(when it gets dark) to go indoors (esp. children who are playing outdoors etc., also of animals that go in the pen or corral at nights)


dorhos

Onomatopoeic in nature. Compound of dor (“onomatopoeic sound of a gunshot”) + hos (“to draw one's last breath”).

compound

dead/killed outright (by a firearm shot)


beunta

(fig.) see things sharply, have a clear insight

have done well (with ref. To one's living condition etc.)


peureum

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəzəm. Cognate with Indonesian pejam, Javanese ꦩꦼꦉꦩ꧀ (merem).


ngagonyok

close together ( of people animals, e.g. ants on sugar, also of flowers, stars )

gather close together with/around someone/something


ngangkleung

to float along, bobbing up and down (of a boat on the waves, a drowning person, etc.)


ngoléang

float (of clouds, a kite , birds, dry leaves)

move buoyantly (also of persons who walk with a light springy tread)


ngarenggenek

stand out against the surroundings (of tall trees, mountains, village,etc.)


ngelemeng

be faintly or vaguely visible ( like the light of the moon through the clouds, a fish under the water's surface)

loom (up) (also fig. of something where prospects are possible)


bijil

Sinarieun jam sakieu panonpoé acan bijil

It's unusual that the sun hasn't risen yet at this hour.


hurung

burn with bright flames(of a torch, lamp,etc.)

aglow (of iron that is being forged etc.,also fig. Someone because of indignation etc.)


endag

shake lightly (of leaves moving lightly blown by the wind)


oyag

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Ruyag (“shake, wobble”)


nyorang

pass through (misery, grief, disaster, calamity, a period of drought)


cécél

damaged (of something when one or more pieces or parts are missing, e.g. a table-top, car)


ngajolopong

to lie stretched out lengthwise (of people, big animals, or objects)


nyangheuy

to sit or lie face down (with the chin supported on the table or pillow)


ngadon

to come to do something somewhere (outside one's house/ home town or country)


kumpul

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kumpul. Cognate with Indonesian kumpul, Tagalog kumpol.


ngaleketey

slowly sink ( like the ground in an earthquake)

give away ( like a small tree when climbed on )


ngagayuh

call up (spirits, animals, natural phenomena like wind and rain, etc., with which to gain something or work on something for oneself: using wild boars to destroy the competitor's crops, a tiger that one wants to catch in a set trap, etc.) through magic means (by incantation)


ngeureuyeuh

(just) proceed slowly (inrelation to weakness, bad condition of the road, etc.)

work on something steadily and safely (ie. slowly but surely)


mabur

to run away, to skulk off; to make off without leave.


kencling

(inchoative) to go away (used along with indit)


elol

to stick one's head (eg. out of a window, doorway, also of a turtle )


ngoloyong

walk staggering or tottering (of so. who is dizzy or drunk)


ngaléong

move with light gait/pace (of people, vehicles)


koléab

to bob up above the water surface and then disappear underwater again (of something carried away by the current, such as a drowning person or fish)


boncérét

a. have the eyes wide open, (of the eyes) wide open (eg. with ref.to a child that lies awake)

b. (with ref. to rice kernels) have beutiful round kernels, (with ref. to podbearing fruit) have big seeds


ambleng

keep/stay under water (fig.), (disappear and) not let oneself be heard, not turn (show) up


amyang

have a bright yellow tinge (of/like the ripening riceplant, also the skin of a young woman)


ancrub

→ Indonesian: ancrub

step/jump in the water; (fig.) throw oneself into (kana) st. (eg. politics, pursuit of knowledge)


ancul

(with the head etc.) make an upward movement (while walking, of/as deer, horses), bounce up (of a ball)


calangap

wide open (of the mouth/snout), agape; open the mouth wide (esp. to snap st. up, to bite st.)


eunyeuh

to collapse, fall down, trumble down (of houses by flooding), overturned (of trees), sink away,give away (eg. the wall of a precipice)


euyeub

abundant, plentiful (merchandise in the shops or department stores,etc),complete (furniture in the house, etc.);(of eyebrows) heavy, thick


abring

(vi) troop out in a group somewhere; (vt.) accompany/walk behind so./st. in group


abrul

go/move out/ come (out) in a crowd/throng


rentul

seen in great numbers somewhere (of people congregating together, stones in the backyard, huts in the field during harvest time)


tambul

tambul (canonical)
ᮔᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮜ᮪ (canonical)
nambul (alternative)

to eat only the side dish (e.g. fish, meat, etc.) and not the main dish (e.g. rice)

ditambul

(for a side dish) to be eaten without rice


acrig

head

acrig (Sundanese script ᮃᮎᮢᮤᮌ᮪, active ngacrig)

ᮃᮎᮢᮤᮌ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngacrig (active)

Aya kangguru nu keur acrig-acrigan


suyuk

(walk) with the head bowed to the ground


harigu-manukeun

From harigu (“chest”) + manuk (“bird”) + -eun.


raos

head

raos (Sundanese script ᮛᮇᮞ᮪, active ngaraos)

ᮛᮇᮞ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngaraos (active)

From Javanese ꦫꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (raos, “taste; feeling”), from Sanskrit रस (rasa), Doublet of asa and rasa.


ngaji

From N- + aji (“to read (a holy/sacred text)”)

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Ti budak kénéh ogé, urang kudu diajar ngaji

Even from childhood, we must learn to read the Quran.

(intransitive, Islam) to read a religious book


ranggikgik

branching, spread in all directions (of a lineage)


tinun

From Old Sundanese teunun from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənun.


tenung

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


kanceuh

To get sick again, usually worse than the first time.


gaduh

From Javanese ꦒꦝꦸꦃ (gadhuh, “to be lent; to own by sharing”).


ibak

Engké heula, abdi nuju ibak

(childish) to bathe, to shower, to take a bath


kuriling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuliliŋ (to go around) from Proto-Austronesian *kuliliŋ (to go around)

Nguriling sawah


olab

"Mamah! Adé olab deui!"

(of children) to spit up; gastroesophageal reflux in babies


pitnah

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


kiih

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ihiq, from Proto-Austronesian *iSiq. Cognate to Tagalog ihi.


heuay

(dialectal, Banten)

Saking horéamna, abdi rék heuay ogé horéam calangap.

I'm so lazy, when I yawn, I'm too lazy to open my mouth.


poé

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poé (Sundanese script ᮕᮧᮆ, active moé, passive dipoé)

ᮕᮧᮆ (Sundanese character)
moé (active)
dipoé (passive)

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”).


ngahiang

"Ceukna mah Prabu Siliwangi téh ngahiang."

"They say that Prabu Siliwangi spirited away."

to spirit away; to disappear without a trace


nyaliara

From N- + saliara (“common lantana”), referencing the invasive nature of the plant.

tuma nyaliara


busiat

(informal, vulgar) To unintentionally defecate due to relaxing the anus, usually from diarrhea; to shart.

kabusiatan

involuntary/perfective passive of busiat


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

Ieu ulah dibéjakeun ka mamah, nya?


teumu

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təmu (“to meet, receive; greet a guest”). Doublet with standard Sundanese timu.

inh

Laju bae ngomong: "Oh, atuh kamayangan, kabeneran jasa ngaing pateumu jeung dia...

1912, Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-. Land-, en Volkenkunde, volume LIV (overall work in Dutch), "Oa Djeung Aul":

Then he replied: "Oh, what a delight, what a coincidence I met you"...


perlaya

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya, “annihilation”)

bor+

Gatotkaca perlaya dadana katiir pakarang Konta.

Gatotkaca died, his chest stabbed by the Konta weapon.

Kabéh geus pada perlaya.

to be annihilated; to be utterly exterminated or destroyed


nongtot

nongtot bool


nyaho

Nyaho can tangtu ngarti.

Knowing does not necessarily mean understanding.


wadul

From Old Javanese wadul (“to tell story”)


istrika

From Dutch strijkijzer. Cognate with Indonesian setrika.


ngabuburit

From N- + rajékan dwipurwa (partial initial reduplication) of burit (“evening”).

pre

to stroll while waiting for the afternoon

(more common) to pass the time while waiting for the evening call to prayer (adhan) during the month of Ramadan.


nyarandé

Tong nyarandé na kaca.


ngahiem

N- + hiem (“neigh, cry of a horse”), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiem (“animal sound”). Unrelated to Sundanese hieum


kabuhulan

From ka- -an + buhul, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqul (“stopped in its course”).

to get foreign matter stuck in one's throat; to choke on something


kakalangkangan

to be overcast by shadow (either from clouds, eclipse, etc.)

to be overshadowed; to be eclipsed
to be dominated or defeated

Pangandaran mimiti kakalangkangan ku samagaha jam sapuluh isuk

Pangandaran began to be overshadowed by the eclipse at 10 AM

Si éta mah embung kakalangkangan

That person doesn't want to be overshadowed


kahampangan

ka- -an + hampang (“light”). Compare English to ease oneself.


tuluy

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluy. Compare to Tagalog tuloy.

Tuluykeun kalimah di handap ieu


deuleu

"Tah! Deuleu éta ku sia sorangan!"


nyolok panon buncelik

to provoke; to poke the bear; to mess with the bull


perenah

Abdi perenah paman ka Raja Charles

King Charles is my uncle (literally, "I am related to King Charles as my uncle")


timburu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀəhuʔ (“jealous”). Cognate with Malay cemburu, Tagalog panibugho, Cebuano abubho, Toba Batak iburu, Bima wu'u.

to have a premonition that something bad will happen


hilap

From Arabic خِلَاف (ḵilāf, “contradiction”)


sumujud

Pa Ustad nu keur ngimaman jamaah sumujud dina luhureun sajadah

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


beuki

Ari manéh beuki nguseup?


ngurisan

Bapa mantri keur ngurisan barudak SD

The nurse is vaccinating elementary students


dikuris

Sakabéh siswa kelas hiji dugi ka tilu kudu dikuris.

All students from grades one to three must be vaccinated.

to be vaccinated; to be applied a vaccine to


kasura

Jaman baheula, urang pribumi lamun kasura sukuna, biasana sok diubaran ku geutah tikel balung.

Back then, if a native had gotten a splinter in their foot, they would usually treat it with the sap of the pencil tree.


sirorot

to lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards; to dive


karunya

From Old Sundanese karunya, from Sanskrit कारुण्य (kāruṇya, “compassion”). Doublet of kurnia. Compare Indonesian karunia (“blessing”).

der

Lamun ningali pilem ieu mah sok karunya ka watakna.

When I watch this film, I always feel sorry for the characters.


heujeun

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəzən (“to bear down, i.e. in childbirth or defecation”). Cognate of Indonesian ejan, Javanese ngeden, Palauan mechell (“to have a baby”).

inh

to exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth or defecation; to bear down


nyanyahoanan

Partial reduplication (rajékan dwipurwa) of nyaho (“to know”) with -an suffix + -an

Mun teu nyaho mah tong sok nyanyahoanan

If you don't know [about it], then don't be a smartass

to play smart (obnoxiously pretend to be knowledgeable), to be a smartass


béré nyaho

Compound of béré (“to give”) + nyaho (“to know”). Compare Indonesian beri tahu, Tagalog pagbigay-alaman.


ngajeujeuhan

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ngajeujeuhan (Sundanese script ᮍᮏᮩᮏᮩᮠᮔ᮪)

(active voice) to measure something by foot manually (by placing one foot in front of the other)


ngajeujeuhkeun

ngajeujeuhkeun (Sundanese scrip ᮍᮏᮩᮏᮩᮂᮊᮩᮔ᮪)

to take care, manage, and lead someone or something


gadabah

to break or disregard a rule or convention

Wawanian pisan manéh ngagadabah pamajikan batur!

How dare you commit adultery with someone else's wife!


peunteun

From Dutch punten. Cognate of Indonesian ponten.

Sihoréng PR nu kamari teu acan dipeunteun

It turns out yesterday's homework hasn't been graded yet


bintih

bintih (Sundanese script ᮘᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮂ, active ngabintih, passive dibintih)

ᮘᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮂ (Sundanese character)
ngabintih (active)
dibintih (passive)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bintiq (“calf-kicking contest”). Compare Tagalog binti (“leg, calf”), Manado Malay binti (“kick in the calf”), Tausug binti' (“knee-bending game”), and Malay benteh (“kicking with calf-bone”).


pasiar

From Portuguese passear (“to walk, stroll, travel”). Compare siar (“to look for”).

der

to stroll, to tour (on foot, on horseback, carriage, etc.)


nyakrawati

From Old Sundanese nyakrawati. Equivalent to N- + cakrawati.


ᮒᮥᮜᮥᮚ᮪

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ᮒᮥᮜᮥᮚ᮪ • (tuluy)


ᮒᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮛᮥ

ᮒᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮛᮥ • (timburu)


majik

From Old Sundanese majik. By surface analysis, N- + pajik.

(archaic) to live alongside someone (in a building or house); to cohabit


ᮠᮧᮞ᮪

ᮠᮧᮞ᮪ • (hos)


ngusik-ngusik ula mandi

(idiomatic) revisiting old issues that have already been resolved or forgotten, potentially causing new problems or stirring up unnecessary conflict;


ᮒᮨᮔᮥᮔ᮪ᮌ᮪

ᮒᮨᮔᮥᮔ᮪ᮌ᮪ • (tenung)


kulub

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulub (“to slow cook in a tightly covered vessel”). Compare Javanese ꦔꦸꦭꦸꦧ꧀ (ngulub) , Sasak kulup (“to cook by boiling”), Tagalog kulob (“tightly-covered, stuffy”).


ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮕᮥᮜ᮪

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ᮊᮥᮙ᮪ᮕᮥᮜ᮪ • (kumpul)


ᮍᮦᮏᮧ

ᮍᮦᮏᮧ • (ngéjo)


narah

(lemes, women's speech) to not want; not going to


uih

From mulih, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq. Doublet of mulih and muih. Compare Tagalog uwi.

Hayang uih!

(childish, now common) to return, to go home


sidakep

From Old Javanese asiḍakĕp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dakəp. Analyzed as si- + dakep. Cognate to Javanese ꦱꦶꦝꦏꦼꦥ꧀ (sidhakep), Indonesian and Malay dekap (“hug; embrace”), Tagalog dakip (“capture, arrest”).


euweuh

Di imah euweuh jurig.

to be not present, to not exist, not be there, there is no.

Urang keur euweuh duit


mumulé

mumulé (Sundanese script ᮙᮥᮙᮥᮜ᮪, active ngamumulé)

ᮙᮥᮙᮥᮜ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngamumulé (active)

Ultimately from Sanskrit मूल्य (mūlya, “worth”). See Javanese ꦩꦼꦩꦸꦭꦺ (memulé, “to glorify, to exalt”)

cog

...sarta bakal sareng sakabéh kamampuhan kuring, ngamumulé, ngajagi, sareng ngabéla Konstitusi Amérika Sarikat.

and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.


hudang

to get up from a sleeping or sitting position


ngahudangkeun

ngahudangkeun macan turu

(transitive) to wake up (awaken somebody)


ngalahirkeun

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ngalahirkeun (Sundanese script ᮍᮜᮠᮤᮁᮊᮩᮔ᮪)

From N- + lahir + -keun. Compare Malay melahirkan.

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


teurab

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təʀab, clipping of Proto-Austronesian *Cəʀab. Cognate with Tagalog tigab, Bikol Central tigab, Puyuma tremerab.


béré

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béré (Sundanese script ᮘᮦᮛᮦ, active méré, passive dibéré)

ᮘᮦᮛᮦ (Sundanese character)
méré (active)
dibéré (passive)

From Old Sundanese béré, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay.


rumaos

Urang kudu rumaos ka diri urang sorangan

to be aware or mindful of one's own doing; to be self-conscious


rumasa

From rasa + -um-. Compare Javanese ꦫꦸꦩꦁꦱ (rumangsa)

Kuring teu rumasa salah


teu aya

From teu (“no; without”) + aya (“exist”). Compare Indonesian tidak ada.

Teu aya nanaon di dieu.

there is no, there are no, there isn't any

Si Komar teu aya kasieun.

to not have; to not possess; have/has no


déngé

déngé (Sundanese script ᮓᮦᮍᮦ, active ngadéngé)

ᮓᮦᮍᮦ (Sundanese character)
ngadéngé (active)


ngaos

Poé ieu tos ngaos acan?


maranan

Reanalyzed as nga- -an + Javanese ꦥꦫꦤ꧀ (paran, “way; destination”)

af

Javanese <i class="Java mention" lang="jv">ꦥꦫꦤ꧀</i> (paran, “way; destination”)

(of a man) to visit a woman at night to have sexual intercourse


api-api

Compare Javanese ꦲꦥꦶꦲꦥꦶ (piapi, “to pretend”), Old Javanese api.


sapatemon

From Javanese ꦱꦥꦠꦼꦩꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (sapatemon, “to meet eachother”).


rontok

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rontok (Sundanese script ᮛᮧᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮊ᮪, active ngarontok)

ᮛᮧᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngarontok (active)


kagungan

Rambut kaula nu salambar gé kagungan gamparan.

Even a single strand of my hair belongs to you.


mépér

to wipe the behind after defecating (e.g. with toilet paper, stones, leaves, etc.)


sideuha

Perhaps from Old Javanese sidĕha, asidĕha (“to sit leaning on one (outstretched) arm”). Analyzed as si- + deuha.

to sit leaning on one arm as a support for the body


ngojay

ᮍᮧᮏᮚ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngojai (alternative)


tabeuh

tabeuh (Sundanese script ᮒᮘᮩᮂ, active nabeuh)

ᮒᮘᮩᮂ (Sundanese character)
nabeuh (active)

From Old Javanese tabĕh (“to beat (an instrument); drumstick/mallet; the stroke of the hour”). Cognate with Javanese ꦠꦧꦸꦃ (tabuh). Doublet of tabuh.

bor

to beat; to strike (especially of instruments)


ceuceub

Aing ceuceub pisan ka sia


keureut

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keureut (Sundanese script ᮊᮩᮛᮩᮒ᮪, active ngeureut, ngeureutan)

ᮊᮩᮛᮩᮒ᮪ (Sundanese character)
ngeureut (active)
ngeureutan (active)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəʀət (“to cut something slender or soft”). Cognate with Indonesian kerat, Iban kerat, Old Javanese kĕrĕt.


ngeureut

(active voice, transitive) to slice; cut

(active voice, transitive) to circumcise


ténjo

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ténjo (Sundanese script ᮒᮦᮔ᮪ᮏᮤ, active nénjo)

ᮒᮦᮔ᮪ᮏᮤ (Sundanese character)
nénjo (active)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Compare Indonesian tinjau.


maliré

ᮙᮛᮤᮛᮦ (Sundanese character)
mariré (alternative)

From N- + paliré. Compare Indonesian pelihara (“to maintain; to nurse, to take care”).

cog

Siga-sigana moal aya sahiji jalma ogé nu maliré kana ayana kuring dina hirup maranéhna.

It seems no one will pay any attention to my presence in their lives.


sangray

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sangray (Sundanese script ᮞᮍᮢᮚ᮪, active nyangray)

ᮞᮍᮢᮚ᮪ (Sundanese character)
nyangray (active)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋəlaʀ. Cognate with Indonesian sangrai, Tagalog sangag (“frying rice”), Kapampangan sangle (“frying, roasting”), Javanese ꦱꦔꦤ꧀ (sangan, “to fry wihout oil”), Tetum sona (“to fry”).


goréng

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goréng (Sundanese script ᮌᮧᮛᮦᮀ, active ngagoréng)

ᮌᮧᮛᮦᮀ (Sundanese character)
ngagoréng (active)


mihané

(active voice) to set up the yarn for weaving


ᮙᮤᮠᮔᮦ

ᮙᮤᮠᮔᮦ • (mihané)


palacidra

Ultimately from Sanskrit परच्छिद्र (paracchidra, “another's flaw, fault, or defect”).


ménta hampura

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ᮙᮦᮔ᮪ᮒ ᮠᮙ᮪ᮕᮥᮛ

ménta hampura (Sundanese script ᮙᮦᮔ᮪ᮒ ᮠᮙ᮪ᮕᮥᮛ)


diengké-engké

diengké-engké (Sundanese script ᮓᮤᮈᮀᮊᮦ-ᮈᮀᮊᮦ)

Nugas téh ulah sok diengké-engké!

Don’t keep procrastinating your assignments!

Doing assignments shouldn’t always be postponed!


sadap

sadap (Sundanese script ᮞᮓᮕ᮪, active nyadap)

ᮞᮓᮕ᮪ (Sundanese character)
nyadap (active)

From Old Sundanese sadap (“hooked knife for tapping”).