alim

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


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?


baru

From Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic *baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Doublet of bahayu


dua

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


kali

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


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)


kami

Inherited from Old Sundanese kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.


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”). Second sense borrowed from Arabic نَعَمْ (naʕam, “yes”).


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”).


kaput

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


Jepang

From Indonesian Jepang (“Japan”), from Malay Jepang (“Japan”), from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún, “Japan”).


waas

Abdi mah mun ningali pasawahan téh sok waas.

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

feeling nostalgic; melancholic; wistful; saudade


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.


tujuh

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


baca

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


buruk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, probably via Malay buruk.


saha

saha eta?

simkuring teu terang saha anjeunna

who; what person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).


kai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.


saga

Abrus precatorius
Abrus precatorius#Translingual


lima

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


loba

From Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “greed, covetousness”)


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.


emas

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


jig

Jig atuh geura indit!

(inchoative) to go (used along with indit)


batu

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


boga

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

Si Kabayan boga properti
Kabayan has a property


boga

Didoakeun sing jadi jalma boga


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”)


saat

dry (of something where there was water before)

dried up (eg. of a riverbed, ditch, pond, rice-field, well, kettle, where the water has evaporated)


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

kamari (canonical)
ᮊᮙᮛᮤ (canonical)
kamari (alternative)

The day immediately before today; one day ago.


panto

Perhaps cognate with 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'


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


irung

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


ari

Ari imahna Nénéng di palih mana

Where is Neneng's House? (literally, “As for Neneng's house, at which direction is it?”)

Paingan wé geus euweuh ari ku manéh dihakan kabéh mah!

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

Ari gék gubrag ngajengkang


mengi

(pathology) dyspnea (difficulty breathing)


galaksi

ᮌᮜᮊ᮪ᮞᮤ ᮌᮜᮊ᮪ᮞᮤ#Sundanese


tara

teu (“not”) + ara (“ever”, Banten dialect)

Urang mah tara ulin di mal, da di imah waé.

"I rarely go to the mall, I'm always at home."


jalan

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


laut

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

Laut Jepang


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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

(figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive


buta

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


soca

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


kompa

kompa cai – water pump


kulan

From earlier kaulan, from earlier kaulanun, shortening of kaula (“I”) + nun (“response interjection”). Cognate with Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦤꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (kulanuwun, “hello, excuse me”)

cog

Ema: Ujang?
Ujang: Kulan, mah?
Mother: Ujang?
Ujang: Yes, mother?

(men's speech, polite) Response that confirms that the speaker is paying attention to the other person's call, usually a superior: yes?


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)


tur

murah tur ngeunah


mara

(botany) Macaranga tanarius (parasol leaf tree)


kantor

ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ#Sundanese


jeruk

ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪ ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


nami

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

Nami abdi Kahar


kuro

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


ajak

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

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


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?


langit

ᮜᮍᮤᮒ᮪ ᮜᮍᮤᮒ᮪#Sundanese


layar

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

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


puspa

ᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮕ ᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮕ#Sundanese


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.


lisa

lisa (canonical)
ᮜᮤᮞ (canonical)
lisa (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisəhaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lisəqəS. Compare Fijian lise, Hawaiian liha, Ilocano lisa, Maori riha, Tagalog lisa.


laja

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


hamo

Tapi PANGERAN ngawaler, "Hamo. Saupama manéh aya nu maéhan, tujuh nyawa pigantieunana."

1991, Sundanese translation of the Bible, Genesis 4:15:

But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills [Cain], he will suffer vengeance seven times over."

never (at no time (in the future)); by no means will it be; will not


mites

ᮙᮤᮒᮨᮞ᮪ ᮙᮤᮒᮨᮞ᮪#Sundanese


bubu

bubu (canonical)
ᮘᮥᮘᮥ (canonical)
bubu (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

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


alit

From Javanese ꦲꦭꦶꦠ꧀ (alit, “small”). Cognate to Balinese ᬳᬮᬶᬢ᭄ (alit)


amparan

ᮃᮙ᮪ᮕᮛᮔ᮪ ᮃᮙ᮪ᮕᮛᮔ᮪#Sundanese


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


jalaran

ᮏᮜᮛᮔ᮪ ᮏᮜᮛᮔ᮪#Sundanese


pasaran

bier (a litter carried to transport the dead)


limas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limas.

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


pisan

cf. Javanese ꦥꦶꦱꦤ꧀ (pisan), Banjarese pisan

(Banten)

ngeunah pisan


muté

muté (canonical)
ᮙᮥᮒᮦ (canonical)
muté (alternative)

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


menit

samenit


detik

ᮓᮨᮒᮤᮊ᮪ ᮓᮨᮒᮤᮊ᮪#Sundanese


Alkitab

From Arabic الْكِتَاب (al-kitāb, “the book”).


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”).


galo

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


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


daya

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


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”).


puas

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

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


puas

Puas tah katangkep! Bongan saha ngebut?

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

word to express anger or irritation; take that!


opat

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


iklim

ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪#Sundanese


tuman

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuman (“correct, proper”). Compare Javanese ꦠꦸꦩꦤ꧀ (tuman, “accustomed”), Cebuano túman (“to obey, fulfill”).

inh

Hésé da geus tuman.

It's hard because I already got used to it.


mah

Inherited from Old Sundanese ma (“marker of emphasis”)

Abdi mah asalna ti Ciamis.

I [the topic, which we are talking about] am from Ciamis.

Kamari mah abdi ka Singapur.

Poé ieu mah jigana bakal hujan.

It looks like it will rain today. (literally, "As for today, it looks like it will rain".)

unique marker of emphasis, often untranslatable


puhun

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


rakit

ᮛᮊᮤᮒ᮪ ᮛᮊᮤᮒ᮪#Sundanese


gaang

mole cricket; insects from the family Gryllotalpidae


olo

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

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


tutut

→ Indonesian: tutut

Pila ampullacea, a species of freshwater snail.


siam

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


otot

ᮇᮒᮧᮒ᮪ ᮇᮒᮧᮒ᮪#Sundanese


arot

ᮃᮛᮧᮒ᮪ ᮃᮛᮧᮒ᮪#Sundanese


taun

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun

inh+

Tadi, aya nu naroskeun ayeuna taun sabaraha.

Earlier, someone asked what year is it now.


abot

From Javanese ꦲꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (abot), from Old Javanese abwat from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bəʀəqat. Doublet of beurat.


orat

From Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra). Compare Indonesian aurat.


duka

Borrowed from Javanese duka (“I don't know”), short form of duka dalem (literally “my sorrow”). Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha, “sorrow, distress, grief”).

der

"Terang bumina Pa Ujang, teu?" "Duka, pak. Abdi mah kirang terang."

"Do you know Mr. Ujang's house?" "I don't know, sir. I don't [really] know much [about it]."


aduh

ouch (expression of pain, discomfort or shock)


sisir

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


sisir

cau sasisir


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.


jantung

ᮏᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ ᮏᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ#Sundanese


kembang

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


barang

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


barang

Barang datang, manéhna tuluy ngetrokan panto.

As he arrived, he then knocked on the door.


angin

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


tulang

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


tiis

ᮒᮤᮄᮞ᮪ ᮒᮤᮄᮞ᮪#Sundanese


racun

ᮛᮎᮥᮔ᮪ ᮛᮎᮥᮔ᮪#Sundanese


suhun

ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪#Sundanese


keton

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


mesin

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪#Sundanese


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.


hiri

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

Tong silih pahiri-hiri


gunting

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

ᮌᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮀ ᮌᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮀ#Sundanese


sué

Borrowed from Hokkien 衰 (soe, “to have bad luck”). Cognate with Indonesian soe, Singaporean English suay.


panon

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


Nusantara

From Old Javanese nūsāntara (“the outer islands”).

Nusantara, Indonesian Archipelago; the islands comprising the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands.


baal

Suntikan ieu téh ambéh baal pas dicabut gigi.

This injection is to make [you] feel numb during your tooth extraction.

Unable to feel physically, usually due to cold temperature or injection; numb


hayu

Cognate with Indonesian ayo, Malay ayuh, and Javanese ꦲꦪꦺꦴ (ayo, “come on, let's, please”)

cog

Hayu urang ka basisir! Hayu urang ngojay! Hayu urang maén golf

Let's go to the beach! Let's go swimming! Let's go golfing!


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-.


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.


dini

From Old Sundanese dinih, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). Compare Tagalog dini.


joho

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


sumping

ᮞᮥᮙ᮪ᮕᮤᮀ ᮞᮥᮙ᮪ᮕᮤᮀ#Sundanese


buntut

ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪ ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪#Sundanese


ginjal

Perhaps from Indonesian ginjal. Doublet of giginjel.


lini

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


naha

Naha nya hirup kuring kieu-kieu teuing?


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


-ar-

budak (“child”) + -ar- (“plural marker”) → barudak (“children”)

buruk (“rotten”) + -ar- (“plural marker”) → baruruk (“rotten, i.e. many are rotten”)

sia (“you (vulgar)”) + -ar- (“plural marker”) → saria (“you (plural, vulgar); you lot”)

infix denoting plural marker for nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns


sarta

Cognate of Indonesian serta, Javanese ꦱꦂꦠ (sarta).


lauk

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


kosok

ᮊᮧᮞᮧᮊ᮪ ᮊᮧᮞᮧᮊ᮪#Sundanese


serangga

ᮞᮨᮛᮀᮌ ᮞᮨᮛᮀᮌ#Sundanese


awis

ᮃᮝᮤᮞ᮪ ᮃᮝᮤᮞ᮪#Sundanese


dawa

lawsuit; a dispute carried before a court or authority.


éwé

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


éwé

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

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


sangu

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


guguk

ᮌᮥᮌᮥᮊ᮪ ᮌᮥᮌᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


jasa

ngeunah jasa


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”).


kuris

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


tiris

ᮒᮤᮛᮤᮞ᮪ ᮒᮤᮛᮤᮞ᮪#Sundanese


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

ᮜᮧᮌᮙ᮪ ᮜᮧᮌᮙ᮪#Sundanese


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”).


ka-

ka- + tijek (“to step on”) → katijek (“(accidentally) stepped on”)

ka- + bedil (“gun”) → kabedil (“(accidentally) shot”)

accidental aspect of the passive transitive verb

ka- + déngé (“to hear”) → kadéngé (“to be heard”)

ka- + baca (“to read”) → kabaca (“to be read”)

perfective aspect of the passive transitive verb

ka- + harti (“meaning”) → kaharti (“(can be) understood”)

verb-forming prefix
implies that the action can be done

ka- + rugi (“loss”) → karugi (“loss”)

ka- + hayang (“to want”) → kahayang (“desire, want”)

noun-forming prefix
abstract noun-forming prefix


ka-

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ika-, from Proto-Austronesian *Sika-. Compare Malay ke-, Tagalog ika-

ka- + hiji (“one”) → kahiji (“first”)

ka- + sapuluh (“ten”) → kasapuluh (“tenth”)

numeral-forming prefix
ordinal number forming prefix; -th


bunder

ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮨᮁ ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮨᮁ#Sundanese


landak

ᮜᮔ᮪ᮓᮊ᮪ ᮜᮔ᮪ᮓᮊ᮪#Sundanese


gampang

From Javanese gampang. Doublet of hampang.


leres

ᮜᮨᮛᮨᮞ᮪ ᮜᮨᮛᮨᮞ᮪#Sundanese


tuur

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


lebet

ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪ ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪#Sundanese


luas

ᮜᮥᮃᮞ᮪ ᮜᮥᮃᮞ᮪#Sundanese


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.


atos

Atos emam, tong hilap wawasuh.

After you eat, don't forget to wash [your hands].


ilat

→ Indonesian: ilat (“blade”)

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


neda

From Javanese ꦤꦼꦝ (nedha, “to eat, to come on”). From nga- + 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."


Sunda

Sunda (all senses relating to regions of Southeast Asia)

Sunda, a kingdom that existed in west part of Java island from the 7th century to the 16th century


Sunda

→ Indonesian: Sunda

Sundanese (of or pertaining to the Sundanese people)


awak

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


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)


awon

ᮃᮝᮧᮔ᮪ ᮃᮝᮧᮔ᮪#Sundanese


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.


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.


gedang

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


gelut

ᮌᮨᮜᮥᮒ᮪ ᮌᮨᮜᮥᮒ᮪#Sundanese


dawĕuh

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


ᮠᮦᮏᮧ

head

ᮠᮦᮏᮧ • (héjo)


ᮠᮦᮏᮧ

ᮠᮦᮏᮧ • (héjo)


koneng

ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ#Sundanese


butuh

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


hayam

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


butak

ᮘᮥᮒᮊ᮪ ᮘᮥᮒᮊ᮪#Sundanese


Ahad

Ultimately from Arabic اَلْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad).


likur

ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ#Sundanese


dalapan

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ) alap-an (“eight”, literally “two taken away (from ten)”). Compare Indonesian delapan.


sapuluh

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


salapan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa (“one”) + *alap (“fetch, take”) + *-an, etymologically "one taken away from ten". Reanalayzed as sa- + alap + -an. Compare Eastern Cham salapan.


angkat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aŋkat.


alih

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


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


welas

ᮝᮨᮜᮞ᮪ ᮝᮨᮜᮞ᮪#Sundanese


lebak

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


haur

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

inh

awi haur – common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

haur cucuk – thorned bamboo (Bambusa spinosa)

haur konéng – yellow bamboo


mupus

ᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪ ᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪#Sundanese


walirang

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


ᮘᮩᮞᮤ

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

(physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)


tarum

ᮒᮛᮥᮙ᮪ ᮒᮛᮥᮙ᮪#Sundanese


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
Legend of Mundinglaya Dikusumah


unggah

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

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


lemes

→ Indonesian: lemas (semantic loan)


mosi

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

mosi teu percaya


parud

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


kambang

ᮊᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮊᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ#Sundanese


dahar

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


angen

From Old Javanese aṅĕn (“thoughts, consideration, reflections”)


kayas

kayas (canonical)
ᮊᮚᮞ᮪ (canonical)
kayas (alternative)

having reddish white color, having pink color


dawuh

Unknown. Cognate to Balinese ᬥᬯᬸᬄ (“time”).


dawuh

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


dahu

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


dawuh kiwari

head

dawuh kiwari (Sundanese script ᮓᮝᮥᮂ ᮊᮤᮝᮛᮤ)


dadawuhan

to have periods, or be subject to periodicity

(Bali) to measure time by a kind of clepsydra


buhaya

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


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

ᮃᮀᮊᮣᮥᮀ ᮃᮀᮊᮣᮥᮀ#Sundanese


agrikultur

agrikultur (Sundanese script ᮃᮌᮢᮤᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮥᮁ)


sujud

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


kah

Shortened form of kaulanun, with added 'h' at the end as paragoge.

Bapa: Nénéng?
Neneng: Kah, pa?
Father: Neneng?
Neneng: Yes, father?

(women's speech, polite) Response that confirms that the speaker is paying attention to the other person's call, usually a superior: yes?


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 colour; ochre.


aranjeun

ᮃᮛᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ ᮃᮛᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese


anjeun

ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese


arurang

ᮃᮛᮥᮛᮀ ᮃᮛᮥᮛᮀ#Sundanese


anjeunna

ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ᮔ ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ᮔ#Sundanese


aranjeunna

ᮃᮛᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ᮔ ᮃᮛᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ᮔ#Sundanese


geulis

→ Indonesian: geulis

→ Malay: gelis


timanten

ᮒᮤᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪#Sundanese


sanés

From Javanese ꦱꦤꦺꦱ꧀ (sanés, “not, different, other”).


enteu

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮩ ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮩ#Sundanese


sakedik

ᮞᮊᮨᮓᮤᮊ᮪ ᮞᮊᮨᮓᮤᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ageung

Perhaps from Javanese ꦲꦒꦼꦁ (ageng). Cognate with Malay agung.


rubak

ᮛᮥᮘᮊ᮪ ᮛᮥᮘᮊ᮪#Sundanese


pondok

ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪ ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪#Sundanese


heureut

ᮠᮩᮛᮩᮒ᮪ ᮠᮩᮛᮩᮒ᮪#Sundanese


ipis

ᮄᮕᮤᮞ᮪ ᮄᮕᮤᮞ᮪#Sundanese


pameget

→ Indonesian: pameget

→ Malay: pamegat


carogé

ᮎᮛᮧᮌᮦ ᮎᮛᮧᮌᮦ#Sundanese


biang

pun biang

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


otét

ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪ ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪#Sundanese


tangkal

ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪ ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪#Sundanese


papagan

ᮕᮕᮌᮔ᮪ ᮕᮕᮌᮔ᮪#Sundanese


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

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮌ᮪ ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮌ᮪#Sundanese


tanduk

ᮒᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪ ᮒᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


mastaka

Eventually from Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka).


cepil

ᮎᮨᮕᮤᮜ᮪ ᮎᮨᮕᮤᮜ᮪#Sundanese


sampéan

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


panangan

ᮕᮔᮍᮔ᮪ ᮕᮔᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


leungeun

ᮜᮩᮍᮩᮔ᮪ ᮜᮩᮍᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese


peujit

ᮕᮩᮏᮤᮒ᮪ ᮕᮩᮏᮤᮒ᮪#Sundanese


tengek

ᮒᮨᮍᮨᮊ᮪ ᮒᮨᮍᮨᮊ᮪#Sundanese


pungkur

ᮕᮥᮀᮊᮥᮁ ᮕᮥᮀᮊᮥᮁ#Sundanese


pinarep

ᮕᮤᮔᮛᮨᮕ᮪ ᮕᮤᮔᮛᮨᮕ᮪#Sundanese


jajantung

ᮏᮏᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ ᮏᮏᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ#Sundanese


leueut

ᮜᮩᮉᮒ᮪ ᮜᮩᮉᮒ᮪#Sundanese


tuang

For synonyms, see dahar


gogot

ᮌᮧᮌᮧᮒ᮪ ᮌᮧᮌᮧᮒ᮪#Sundanese


seuseup

ᮞᮩᮞᮩᮕ᮪ ᮞᮩᮞᮩᮕ᮪#Sundanese


tiup

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


ambekan

ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮊᮔ᮪ ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮊᮔ᮪#Sundanese


gumujeng

ᮌᮥᮙᮥᮏᮨᮀ ᮌᮥᮙᮥᮏᮨᮀ#Sundanese


tingali

ᮒᮤᮍᮜᮤ ᮒᮤᮍᮜᮤ#Sundanese


ambung

ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮀ ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮀ#Sundanese


sebér

ᮞᮨᮘᮦᮁ ᮞᮨᮘᮦᮁ#Sundanese


jumeneng

ᮏᮥᮙᮨᮔᮨᮀ ᮏᮥᮙᮨᮔᮨᮀ#Sundanese


pupus

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


bujeng

ᮘᮥᮏᮨᮀ ᮘᮥᮏᮨᮀ#Sundanese


tinggang

ᮒᮤᮀᮌᮀ ᮒᮤᮀᮌᮀ#Sundanese


tewek

ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪ ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪#Sundanese


hiber

ᮠᮤᮘᮨᮁ ᮠᮤᮘᮨᮁ#Sundanese


papah

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


kedeng

ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮀ ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮀ#Sundanese


calik

ᮝᮜᮥᮍᮔ᮪ ᮝᮜᮥᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


géséh

ᮌᮦᮞᮦᮂ ᮌᮦᮞᮦᮂ#Sundanese


pasihan

ᮕᮞᮤᮠᮔ᮪ ᮕᮞᮤᮠᮔ᮪#Sundanese


cepeng

ᮎᮨᮕᮨᮀ ᮎᮨᮕᮨᮀ#Sundanese


kumbah

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


bedol

ᮘᮨᮓᮧᮜ᮪ ᮘᮨᮓᮧᮜ᮪#Sundanese


sorong

ᮞᮧᮛᮧᮀ ᮞᮧᮛᮧᮀ#Sundanese


beungkeut

ᮘᮩᮀᮊᮩᮒ᮪ ᮘᮩᮀᮊᮩᮒ᮪#Sundanese


nalian

ᮔᮜᮤᮃᮔ᮪ ᮔᮜᮤᮃᮔ᮪#Sundanese


tembang

ᮒᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮒᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ#Sundanese


kucur

ᮊᮥᮎᮥᮁ ᮊᮥᮎᮥᮁ#Sundanese


kimpel

ᮊᮤᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮜ᮪ ᮊᮤᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮜ᮪#Sundanese


bareuh

From Proto-Austronesian *baReq (abscess)


ᮕᮔᮧᮔ᮪ᮕᮧᮆ

head

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

ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ#Sundanese


walungan

ᮝᮜᮥᮍᮔ᮪ ᮝᮜᮥᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


wahangan

ᮝᮠᮍᮔ᮪ ᮝᮠᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


susukan

ᮞᮥᮞᮥᮊᮔ᮪ ᮞᮥᮞᮥᮊᮔ᮪#Sundanese


uyah

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


keusik

ᮊᮩᮞᮤᮊ᮪ ᮊᮩᮞᮤᮊ᮪#Sundanese


kekebul

ᮊᮨᮊᮨᮘᮥᮜ᮪ ᮊᮨᮊᮨᮘᮥᮜ᮪#Sundanese


marcapada

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


reueuk

ᮛᮩᮉᮊ᮪ ᮛᮩᮉᮊ᮪#Sundanese


angkeub

ᮃᮀᮊᮩᮘ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮩᮘ᮪#Sundanese


haleungheum

ᮠᮜᮩᮀᮠᮩᮙ᮪ ᮠᮜᮩᮀᮠᮩᮙ᮪#Sundanese


halimun

ᮠᮜᮤᮙᮥᮔ᮪ ᮠᮜᮤᮙᮥᮔ᮪#Sundanese


pepedut

ᮕᮨᮕᮨᮓᮥᮒ᮪ ᮕᮨᮕᮨᮓᮥᮒ᮪#Sundanese


haseup

ᮠᮞᮩᮕ᮪ ᮠᮞᮩᮕ᮪#Sundanese


suluh

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


beuleum

ᮘᮩᮜᮩᮙ᮪ ᮘᮩᮜᮩᮙ᮪#Sundanese


beureum

ᮘᮩᮛᮩᮙ᮪ ᮘᮩᮛᮩᮙ᮪#Sundanese


konéng

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


hideung

ᮠᮤᮓᮩᮀ ᮠᮤᮓᮩᮀ#Sundanese


warsih

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣá). Doublet of warsa.


haneut

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaŋət (“warm”).


pinuh

ᮕᮤᮔᮥᮂ ᮕᮤᮔᮥᮂ#Sundanese


cawokah

ᮎᮝᮧᮊᮂ ᮎᮝᮧᮊᮂ#Sundanese


weuteuh

ᮝᮩᮒᮩᮂ ᮝᮩᮒᮩᮂ#Sundanese


heubeul

ᮠᮩᮘᮩᮜ᮪ ᮠᮩᮘᮩᮜ᮪#Sundanese


sepuh

ᮞᮨᮕᮥᮂ ᮞᮨᮕᮥᮂ#Sundanese


pangéstu

ᮕᮍᮦᮞ᮪ᮒᮥ ᮕᮍᮦᮞ᮪ᮒᮥ#Sundanese


bener

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər (“right, correct”).


bagedur

ᮘᮌᮨᮓᮥᮁ ᮘᮌᮨᮓᮥᮁ#Sundanese


lecek

ᮜᮨᮎᮨᮊ᮪ ᮜᮨᮎᮨᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ledrek

ᮜᮨᮓᮢᮨᮊ᮪ ᮜᮨᮓᮢᮨᮊ᮪#Sundanese


kucel

ᮊᮥᮎᮨᮜ᮪ ᮊᮥᮎᮨᮜ᮪#Sundanese


ᮘᮨᮜᮨᮝᮥᮊ᮪

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ᮘᮨᮜᮨᮝᮥᮊ᮪ • (belewuk)


bolokot

ᮘᮧᮜᮧᮊᮧᮒ᮪ ᮘᮧᮜᮧᮊᮧᮒ᮪#Sundanese


keusrak

ᮊᮩᮞᮢᮊ᮪ ᮊᮩᮞᮢᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ajeg

Perhaps from Old Javanese adĕg (“standing erect, standing upright, (remaining) standing, stature; being in function, reigning, being established”). Doublet of adeg and ngadeg


bingkeng

ᮘᮤᮀᮊᮨᮀ ᮘᮤᮀᮊᮨᮀ#Sundanese


buleud

ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪#Sundanese


seukeut

ᮞᮩᮊᮩᮒ᮪ ᮞᮩᮊᮩᮒ᮪#Sundanese


keyeng

ᮊᮨᮚᮨᮀ ᮊᮨᮚᮨᮀ#Sundanese


mentud

ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮓ᮪ ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮓ᮪#Sundanese


lembut

Semantic loan from Indonesian lembut (“soft”)


tuhur

ᮒᮥᮠᮥᮁ ᮒᮥᮠᮥᮁ#Sundanese


caket

ᮎᮊᮨᮒ᮪ ᮎᮊᮨᮒ᮪#Sundanese


tebih

ᮒᮨᮘᮤᮂ ᮒᮨᮘᮤᮂ#Sundanese


tengen

ᮒᮨᮍᮨᮔ᮪ ᮒᮨᮍᮨᮔ᮪#Sundanese


kalawan

ᮊᮜᮝᮔ᮪ ᮊᮜᮝᮔ᮪#Sundanese


upami

From Pali upamā (“simile, parable, comparison”), from Sanskrit उपमा (upamā). Doublet of upama. Cognate with Indonesian umpama.


kalayan

ᮊᮜᮚᮔ᮪ ᮊᮜᮚᮔ᮪#Sundanese


jenengan

ᮏᮨᮔᮨᮍᮔ᮪ ᮏᮨᮔᮨᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


kulawu

ᮊᮥᮜᮝᮥ ᮊᮥᮜᮝᮥ#Sundanese


ngan

Inherited from Old Sundanese ngan, clipping of héngan.

Ku karéta Whoosh mah ti Bandung ka Jakarta téh rarasaan ngan sakotéap geus nepi.

With the Whoosh train, it feels like it takes just a moment to get from Bandung to Jakarta.


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)


ᮞᮀᮌᮙ

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


ᮍᮜᮠᮤᮁᮊᮩᮔ᮪

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


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.

sun (the star which the Earth revolves around)


ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪

ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ • (iklim)

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


ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮩ

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


ᮓᮅᮁ ᮎᮄ

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


ᮅᮃᮕ᮪

ᮅᮃᮕ᮪ • (uap)


ᮒᮦᮊᮧ

ᮒᮦᮊᮧ • (téko)


ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ • (entéh)


ᮓᮦᮛᮦᮒ᮪ ᮝᮊ᮪ᮒᮥ

ᮓᮦᮛᮦᮒ᮪ ᮝᮊ᮪ᮒᮥ • (dérét waktu)


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)


kendang

ᮊᮨᮔ᮪ᮓᮀ ᮊᮨᮔ᮪ᮓᮀ#Sundanese


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.


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.


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”)


Salasa

Ultimately from Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ).

der

Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ)


Jumaah

ᮏᮥᮙᮃᮂ ᮏᮥᮙᮃᮂ#Sundanese


ᮓᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪

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ᮓᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ • (dinten)


ᮠᮤᮓᮩᮀ

kopi hideung – black coffee


ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ

ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ • (konéng)


ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ

ᮊᮧᮔᮦᮀ • (konéng)


ranjang

ᮛᮔ᮪ᮏᮀ ᮛᮔ᮪ᮏᮀ#Sundanese


ᮒᮔᮩᮂ

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


ᮊᮨᮊᮨᮘᮥᮜ᮪

ᮊᮨᮊᮨᮘᮥᮜ᮪ • (kekebul)


ᮊᮤᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮜ᮪

ᮊᮤᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮜ᮪ • (kimpel)


ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ

ᮘᮦᮔ᮪ᮒᮀ • (béntang)


balayar

From ba- + layar. Related to Indonesian berlayar.


ᮌᮦᮞᮦᮂ

ᮌᮦᮞᮦᮂ • (géséh)


ᮃᮓᮨᮌ᮪

ᮃᮓᮨᮌ᮪ • (adeg)


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

ᮕᮨᮁᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮊᮃᮔ᮪ ᮕᮨᮁᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮊᮃᮔ᮪#Sundanese


ᮝᮔ

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


ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮌ᮪

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ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮌ᮪ • (endog)

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


ᮠᮓᮦ

ᮠᮓᮦ • (hadé)


ᮠᮜᮤᮙᮥᮔ᮪

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


ᮠᮝᮥ

→ Indonesian: hawu (“hearth”)

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


ᮅᮛᮀ

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


binih

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


séjén

ᮞᮦᮏᮦᮔ᮪ ᮞᮦᮏᮦᮔ᮪#Sundanese


tasma

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


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.


weruh

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weruh (Sundanese script ᮝᮨᮛᮥᮂ, active ngaweruh)

ᮝᮨᮛᮥᮂ (Sundanese character)
ngaweruh (active)

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


kidul

From Old Sundanese kidul, from Old Javanese kidul.


ᮃᮌᮢᮤᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮥᮁ

ᮃᮌᮢᮤᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮒᮥᮁ • (agrikultur)


ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪

ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪ • (sanés)


ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪

ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪ • (sanés)


ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪

ᮞᮔᮦᮞ᮪ • (sanés)


ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮃᮔ᮪

ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮦᮃᮔ᮪ • (sampéan)


ᮞᮦᮏᮦᮔ᮪

ᮞᮦᮏᮦᮔ᮪ • (séjén)


ᮒᮤᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪

ᮒᮤᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ • (timanten)


ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪

ᮒᮨᮝᮨᮊ᮪ • (tewek)


ᮜᮩᮍᮩᮔ᮪

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


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?


tilok

teu (“not”) + ilok (“ever”, Banten dialect)

Urang mah tilok ulin di mal, ja di imah baé.

"I rarely go to the mall, I'm always at home."


pindang

salted and boiled fish or meat; pindang meat


nganonaktipkeun

ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese

Romanization of ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪


mareuman

ᮙᮛᮩᮙᮔ᮪ ᮙᮛᮩᮙᮔ᮪#Sundanese


ngahurungkeun

ᮍᮠᮥᮛᮥᮀᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮍᮠᮥᮛᮥᮀᮊᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese


ngaktipkeun

ᮍᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮍᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese


ngafungsikeun

ᮍᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤᮊᮩᮔ᮪ ᮍᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤᮊᮩᮔ᮪#Sundanese


mesin teang

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮨᮃᮀ
ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮨᮃᮀ#Sundanese


mesin tik

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪
ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪#Sundanese


dalurung

ᮓᮜᮥᮛᮥᮀ ᮓᮜᮥᮛᮥᮀ#Sundanese


ᮒᮥᮅᮞ᮪

ᮒᮥᮅᮞ᮪ • (tuus)


ᮒᮤᮅᮕ᮪

ᮒᮤᮅᮕ᮪ • (tiup)


ᮒᮤᮛᮤᮞ᮪

ᮒᮤᮛᮤᮞ᮪ • (tiris)


ᮒᮤᮙᮂ

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


ᮒᮤᮄᮞ᮪

ᮒᮤᮄᮞ᮪ • (tiis)


ᮒᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪

ᮒᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮊ᮪ • (tanduk)


ᮏᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪

ᮏᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪ • (jukut)


ᮍᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤᮊᮩᮔ᮪

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

af

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


ᮍᮠᮥᮛᮥᮀᮊᮩᮔ᮪

ᮍ- (nga-) + ᮠᮥᮛᮥᮀ (hurung) + -ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (-keun)


ᮍᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪

ᮍ- (nga-) + ᮃᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ (aktip) + -ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (-keun)

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


ᮍᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪

ᮍ- (nga-) + ᮔᮧᮔᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ (nonaktip) + -ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ (-keun)

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


ᮎᮛᮧᮌᮦ

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ᮎᮛᮧᮌᮦ • (carogé)


ᮎᮨᮕᮤᮜ᮪

ᮎᮨᮕᮤᮜ᮪ • (cepil)


ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮓ᮪

ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮓ᮪ • (mentud)


ᮙᮔᮂ

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


ᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪

ᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪ • (mupus)


rékayasa

ᮛᮦᮊᮚᮞ ᮛᮦᮊᮚᮞ#Sundanese


iwak

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


ᮕᮍᮦᮞ᮪ᮒᮥ

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ᮕᮍᮦᮞ᮪ᮒᮥ • (pangéstu)


heunceut

ᮠᮩᮔ᮪ᮎᮩᮒ᮪ ᮠᮩᮔ᮪ᮎᮩᮒ᮪#Sundanese


spésiés

ᮞ᮪ᮕᮦᮞᮤᮆᮞ᮪ ᮞ᮪ᮕᮦᮞᮤᮆᮞ᮪#Sundanese


suster baseuh

ᮞᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ ᮘᮞᮩᮂ
ᮞᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ ᮘᮞᮩᮂ#Sundanese


surélék

ᮞᮥᮛᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪ ᮞᮥᮛᮦᮜᮦᮊ᮪#Sundanese


sisindiran

ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮛᮔ᮪ ᮞᮤᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮛᮔ᮪#Sundanese


sindir

ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮁ ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮁ#Sundanese


sasak lengkung

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮜᮨᮀᮊᮥᮀ
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮜᮨᮀᮊᮥᮀ#Sundanese


sasak rorongkong

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮀᮊᮧᮀ
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮛᮧᮛᮧᮀᮊᮧᮀ#Sundanese


sasak malang

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮙᮜᮀ
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮙᮜᮀ#Sundanese


sasak pananggeuy

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮕᮔᮀᮌᮩᮚ᮪
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮕᮔᮀᮌᮩᮚ᮪#Sundanese


sasak tangkal kai

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪ ᮊᮄ
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮒᮀᮊᮜ᮪ ᮊᮄ#Sundanese


sasak gerak

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮌᮨᮛᮊ᮪
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮌᮨᮛᮊ᮪#Sundanese


sasak gantung

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮌᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮌᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮀ#Sundanese


sasak kabel

ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮊᮘᮨᮜ᮪
ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮊᮘᮨᮜ᮪#Sundanese


sasak angkat

sasak angkat (Sundanese script ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪)

From sasak + angkat. Perhaps calque of Indonesian jembatan angkat


sampeu

ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮩ ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮩ#Sundanese


wilangan buleud

ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪
ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪#Sundanese


wilangan

ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


laju cahaya

ᮜᮏᮥ ᮎᮠᮚ
ᮜᮏᮥ ᮎᮠᮚ#Sundanese


langlayangan

ᮜᮍᮣᮚᮍᮔ᮪ ᮜᮍᮣᮚᮍᮔ᮪#Sundanese


rohangan hapa

ᮛᮧᮠᮍᮔ᮪ ᮠᮕ
ᮛᮧᮠᮍᮔ᮪ ᮠᮕ#Sundanese


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮨᮃᮀ

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


Sura

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

bor

Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)

Sura (the first month of the Javanese calendar)


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪

head

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ • (mesin)


anom

ᮃᮔᮧᮙ᮪ ᮃᮔᮧᮙ᮪#Sundanese


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)


Mustari

Mustari or ᮙᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮛᮤ or مُسْتَرِي • (mustari)

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

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


arek

Alternative spelling of arék (“to want”)


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.


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)


ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪

head

ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪ • (hirup)


hirup

ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪ ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪#Sundanese


ᮕᮆᮂ

ᮕᮆᮂ • (paéh)


ᮌᮥᮌᮥᮊ᮪

ᮌᮥᮌᮥᮊ᮪ • (guguk)


ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪

ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪ • (otét)


ᮊᮧᮞᮧᮊ᮪

ᮊᮧᮞᮧᮊ᮪ • (kosok)


ᮊᮥᮎᮨᮜ᮪

ᮊᮥᮎᮨᮜ᮪ • (kucel)


ᮜᮨᮓᮢᮨᮊ᮪

ᮜᮨᮓᮢᮨᮊ᮪ • (ledrek)


ᮘᮧᮜᮧᮊᮧᮒ᮪

ᮘᮧᮜᮧᮊᮧᮒ᮪ • (bolokot)


ᮕᮨᮕᮨᮓᮥᮒ᮪

ᮕᮨᮕᮨᮓᮥᮒ᮪ • (pepedut)


ramatloka

From ramat + loka. Calque of English website


ramatkaca

ᮛᮙᮒ᮪ᮊᮎ ᮛᮙᮒ᮪ᮊᮎ#Sundanese


imahkacana

ᮄᮙᮂᮊᮎᮔ ᮄᮙᮂᮊᮎᮔ#Sundanese


gelombang

ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ#Sundanese


beubeuritan

ᮘᮩᮘᮩᮛᮤᮒᮔ᮪ ᮘᮩᮘᮩᮛᮤᮒᮔ᮪#Sundanese


angkutan

ᮃᮀᮊᮥᮒᮔ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮥᮒᮔ᮪#Sundanese


ᮘᮞᮩᮂ

wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)


kulkas

ᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮊᮞ᮪ ᮊᮥᮜ᮪ᮊᮞ᮪#Sundanese


panyakit

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


ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮊᮔ᮪

ᮃᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮊᮔ᮪ • (ambekan)


ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪

ᮕᮧᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪ • (pondok)


ᮓᮜᮥᮛᮥᮀ

ᮓᮜᮥᮛᮥᮀ • (dalurung) (Latin script dalurung or darurung)

dalurung (romanization)
dalurung (Latin character)
darurung (Latin character)

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.


ᮕᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪

ᮕᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪ • (pupus)


ᮊᮥᮜᮨᮙ᮪

ᮊᮥᮜᮨᮙ᮪ • (kulem)


ᮞᮨᮘᮦᮁ

ᮞᮨᮘᮦᮁ • (sebér)


ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪

ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ • (suhun)

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


ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪

head

ᮞᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ • (suhun)


ᮌᮧᮌᮧᮒ᮪

ᮌᮧᮌᮧᮒ᮪ • (gogot)


ᮇᮛᮚ᮪

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


ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ᮔ

third person singular pronoun, he, she, it


ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪

ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪ • (buntut)


ᮘᮨᮓᮧᮜ᮪

ᮘᮨᮓᮧᮜ᮪ • (bedol)


ᮘᮥᮜᮇ

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)


tampolong

ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ#Sundanese


ᮃᮛᮧᮒ᮪

ᮃᮛᮧᮒ᮪ • (arot)


ᮙᮤᮒᮨᮞ᮪

ᮙᮤᮒᮨᮞ᮪ • (mites)

to break; the act of breaking a solid object


ᮜᮘᮥᮂ

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


ᮄᮕᮤᮞ᮪

head

ᮄᮕᮤᮞ᮪ • (ipis)


ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪

ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪ • (lebet)


ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪

ᮜᮨᮘᮨᮒ᮪ • (lebet)


ᮃᮏᮨᮌ᮪

ᮃᮏᮨᮌ᮪ • (ajeg)


ᮜᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪

ᮜᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ • (lembut)


mokia

ᮙᮧᮊᮤᮃ ᮙᮧᮊᮤᮃ#Sundanese


ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮨᮁ

ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮨᮁ • (bunder)


ᮘᮥᮛᮥᮊ᮪

ᮘᮥᮛᮥᮊ᮪ • (buruk)


ᮊᮨᮁᮞ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦂꦱ (karsa, “intention”), from Old Javanese karsa, kaharṣa (“desire, wish; desired”).


ᮓᮥᮛᮦᮔ᮪

head

ᮓᮥᮛᮦᮔ᮪ • (durén)


durén

ᮓᮥᮛᮦᮔ᮪ ᮓᮥᮛᮦᮔ᮪#Sundanese


ᮞᮒᮧ

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


ᮙᮦᮌ

head

ᮙᮦᮌ • (méga)


ᮜᮨᮛᮨᮞ᮪

ᮜᮨᮛᮨᮞ᮪ • (leres)


rinyuh

ᮛᮤᮑᮥᮂ ᮛᮤᮑᮥᮂ#Sundanese


ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪

→ Malay: cecunguk

→ Indonesian: cecunguk


cucunguk

ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ᮎᮥᮍᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪

ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


cungunguk

ᮎᮥᮍᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ ᮎᮥᮍᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


entéh

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ ᮈᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮂ#Sundanese


ᮃᮕᮧᮒᮦᮊ᮪

ᮃᮕᮧᮒᮦᮊ᮪ • (apoték)


apoték

ᮃᮕᮧᮒᮦᮊ᮪ ᮃᮕᮧᮒᮦᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ᮃᮛᮨᮊ᮪

ᮃᮛᮨᮊ᮪ • (arek)


ᮃᮜᮤᮒ᮪

ᮃᮜᮤᮒ᮪ • (alit)


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.


patlot

ᮕᮒᮣᮧᮒ᮪ ᮕᮒᮣᮧᮒ᮪#Sundanese


pamupus

ᮕᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪ ᮕᮙᮥᮕᮥᮞ᮪#Sundanese


ᮊᮛᮦᮒ᮪

ᮊᮛᮦᮒ᮪ • (karét)


munding

ᮙᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮀ ᮙᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮀ#Sundanese


ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪

ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪ • (kulit)


ᮊᮥᮊᮥ

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


ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪

ᮛᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ • (rambut)


ᮏᮨᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜ᮪

ᮏᮨᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜ᮪ • (jempol)


ᮝᮁᮒ

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

ᮘᮕ ᮙᮂ ᮞᮧᮊ᮪ ᮙᮎ ᮝᮁᮒ ᮓᮤᮔ ᮊᮧᮛᮔ᮪ ᮅᮀᮌᮜ᮪ ᮞᮧᮛᮦ.

Father often reads the news in the newspaper every afternoon.

Bapa mah sok maca warta dina koran unggal soré.


uteuk

ᮅᮒᮩᮊ᮪ ᮅᮒᮩᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ᮕᮊᮛᮀ

→ Indonesian: pekarang


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”).


parunggu

ᮕᮛᮥᮀᮌᮥ ᮕᮛᮥᮀᮌᮥ#Sundanese


ᮞᮦᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪

head

ᮞᮦᮔ᮪ᮓᮧᮊ᮪ • (séndok)


séndok

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


ᮄᮙᮂ

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)


beunghar

ᮘᮩᮀᮠᮁ ᮘᮩᮀᮠᮁ#Sundanese


tangkil

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


risbang

ᮛᮤᮞ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮛᮤᮞ᮪ᮘᮀ#Sundanese


ᮞᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪

ᮞᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ • (simbut)


simbut

ᮞᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪ ᮞᮤᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮒ᮪#Sundanese


ᮘᮚᮂ

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


ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮒ᮪

head

ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮒ᮪ • (cucut)


ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪

ᮃᮔ᮪ᮏᮩᮔ᮪ • (anjeun)


ᮜᮨᮎᮨᮊ᮪

ᮜᮨᮎᮨᮊ᮪ • (lecek)


ᮃᮝᮧᮔ᮪

ᮃᮝᮧᮔ᮪ • (awon)


ᮃᮝᮤᮞ᮪

ᮃᮝᮤᮞ᮪ • (awis)


ᮃᮔᮧᮙ᮪

ᮃᮔᮧᮙ᮪ • (anom)


ᮓᮤᮒᮥ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *Cu (“2pl deixis and spatio-temporal reference: that; there, then”).

der

there (far away from the speaker and the adressee)


ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ

head

ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ • (mantéga)


mantéga

ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ#Sundanese


ᮃᮘ᮪ᮓᮤ

ᮃᮘ᮪ᮓᮤ • (abdi)


ᮃᮘᮧᮒ᮪

ᮃᮘᮧᮒ᮪ • (abot)


ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪

ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪ • (alim)


ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪

ᮃᮜᮤᮙ᮪ • (alim)


ᮃᮒᮥᮁ

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


ᮜᮍᮤᮒ᮪

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


ᮌᮨᮜᮥᮒ᮪

ᮌᮨᮜᮥᮒ᮪ • (gelut)


ᮜᮨᮙᮨᮞ᮪

ᮜᮨᮙᮨᮞ᮪ • (lemes)


ᮛᮙ

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”).


ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪

head

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ ᮒᮤᮊ᮪ • (mesin tik)

ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ (mesin, “machine”) + ᮒᮤᮊ᮪ (tik, “type”)


ᮘᮦᮃᮞ᮪

head

ᮘᮦᮃᮞ᮪ • (béas)

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


ᮘᮥᮅᮊ᮪

ᮘᮥᮅᮊ᮪ • (buuk)


ᮑᮔ

(Banten) third person singular pronoun, he, she, it


embung

ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮀ ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮥᮀ#Sundanese


endung

ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ ᮈᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ#Sundanese


dangdeur

ᮓᮀᮓᮩᮁ ᮓᮀᮓᮩᮁ#Sundanese


jablog

ᮏᮘᮣᮧᮌ᮪ ᮏᮘᮣᮧᮌ᮪#Sundanese


maranehna

ᮙᮛᮔᮨᮂᮔ ᮙᮛᮔᮨᮂᮔ#Sundanese


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


ᮊᮤᮝ

kiwa (romanization)
lemes (romanization)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”), from Old Javanese kiwa (“left”).


ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮞᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮓᮥᮃ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮒᮤᮜᮥ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮇᮕᮒ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮜᮤᮙ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮌᮨᮔᮨᮕ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮒᮥᮏᮥᮂ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮓᮜᮕᮔ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ

ᮞᮜᮕᮔ᮪ ᮜᮤᮊᮥᮁ


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”)


ᮜᮥᮃᮞ᮪

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ᮜᮥᮃᮞ᮪ • (luas)


ᮍᮛᮔ᮪

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


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.


banci

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


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)


Mulud

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

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


inya

From Old Sundanese inya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i ni-a, from from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

(rare, Baduy) he/she; (3rd person singular pronoun).


binasa

From Malay binasa, from Sanskrit विनाश (vināśa).

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.


ᮊᮦᮎᮕ᮪

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ᮊᮦᮎᮕ᮪ • (kécap)

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


kécap

ᮊᮦᮎᮕ᮪ ᮊᮦᮎᮕ᮪#Sundanese


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.


ruhak

emberlike (resembling the glowing light of ember.)


aing

Aing rék balik heula, nya.

(informal, cohag, dialectal) I; me (in the vulgar sense)


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.


lamun

From Old Sundanese lamun, from Old Javanese lamun. Cognate with Banjarese lamun, Javanese lamun, Osing lamun

Lamun kuring lulus ti SMA, kuring rék kuliah ka luar nagri.

If I graduate from high school, I want to study abroad.


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.)


piraku

Carogé ngalukis, putra ngalukis, piraku rék nanggeuy gado baé!

1997, Ajip Rosidi, Cupumanik Astagina, Girimukti Pustaka, page 64:

Your husband paints, your son paints, why should you just hold your chin!

word used to express disbelief, compare Indonesian masa


mandalika

From Malay mandalika, from Sanskrit माण्डलिक (māṇḍalika).


hampang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hampaŋ. Doublet of gampang.


gelap

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

dor dar gelap


hiras

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


jisim

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

jisim kuring


punah

Perhaps from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (puṇṇa, “full”), from Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa, “full, fulfilled, complete”). Compare Pali puṇṇa, Hindi पून (pūn)


punah

Maung Bali téh geus punah ti taun 1900-an

The Bali tiger already went extinct in the 1900s

(more common) extinct, no longer in existence.


cenah

Blend of cek (“to say”) + -na (“his, her, its”). Cognates to Kangean cakna (“it/she/he is said [that]”).

cog

Cenah mah acarana dibatalkeun.

[Someone] said that the event was cancelled.


paraji

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

circumciser (a person who performs circumcision)


ngomong

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


upama

From Pali upamā (“simile, parable, comparison”), from Sanskrit उपमा (upamā). Doublet of upami. Cognate with Indonesian umpama.


pajeg

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


deukeut

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deket (“adhesive”), from Proto-Austronesian *dekeC (“adhesive”). Cognates with Malay dekat.


dangah

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


layung

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


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


ᮙᮧᮙᮧᮊ᮪

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ᮙᮧᮙᮧᮊ᮪ • (momok)


hangit

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

inh

having the foul smell of clothes burning


lulun

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


ᮘᮀᮞ

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

der

ᮘᮞ ᮦᮒᮂ ᮎᮤᮎᮤᮦᮛᮔ᮪ ᮘᮀᮞ ― Basa téh cicirén bangsa. ― Language is the nation identity.

ᮠᮚᮙ᮪ ᮒᮦᮂ ᮞᮘᮀᮞ ᮙᮔᮥᮊ᮪


ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ

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


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

empty packaging (e.g., matchbox, cigarette packet, ketupats).


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)


mangplang

stretching far and wide (e.g. of water, the sea)


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)


geuneuk

looking bluish (of a spot on the body or part of the body as a result of bruising)

(of someone's face) having turned purple


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.)


gilidig

beaten (eg. of a path through the jungle)


nyoréang

turn the head (and look) at someone or something


cakueum

dark, gloomy (of a house or garden surrounded by overgrow trees etc.)


camaplang

to stretch wide (of an expanse of water etc.)


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)


anteb

intense (with ref. to reflect upon, concentrate on something, feelings, beauty,etc.)

well-grounded (of someone's judgement etc.)


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)


Sieng

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


beunta

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

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


hileud

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


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”).


di dinya

there ( at some distance from the speaker)


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).


geuning

(of surprise, astonishment, amazement,etc) look! apparently, indeed

astonishment; amazement; etc; astonishment; amazement; etc


ngagonyok

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

gather close together with/around someone/something


rentang-rentang

faintly visible in the distance (especially of someone who is seen approaching in the distance)


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.


mérékététét

stunted, not growing, remaining small (of plants)


meuleuneu

neat, well-kept, tidy, clean (of a house)


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.)


eundeur

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


endag

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


oyag

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


gowok

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


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)


cucuk

ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮊ᮪ ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮊ᮪#Sundanese


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")


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”)


gahrab

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


ganjen

→ Indonesian: ganjen


budah

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

Cai lautna ngabudah


ngadon

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


panandasa

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


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 )


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.


ngagayuh

call up ( spirits,animals,natural phenomena like wind and rain etc. with wich 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)


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


ngeureuyeuh

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

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


rorompok

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


joget

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.


mabur

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


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.


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


wareg

From Javanese wareg, from Old Javanese warĕg.


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 panganteur

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


kencling

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


beubeunteuran

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beubeunteuran (Sundanese script ᮘᮩᮘᮩᮔ᮪ᮒᮩᮛᮔ᮪)


hieum

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiem (“shade, darkness, gloom”)


hujan poyan

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


ki malaka

Phyllantus Emblica L.
Phyllantus Emblica L.


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


rampag

all (almost) equal, as big as long( with ref. to children, plants, acreage); everything all at once, (advance) in close ranks; be public (somewhere), be everywhere


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


leleb

intense (of smell, colours); close, fervent, profound (of love, affection); significant, meaningful (of a smile, look); impressive, serious (of disease, of so.'s speech)


rumpil

bad going (of a road), hardly accessible (terrain etc.), difficult (communication between two places); difficult to understand, complicated, obscure (of a theory etc.)


reuay

numerous (of so.'s brood, als of animals


rentul

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


rateng

(visible somewhere) in big numbers (esp. of lights, also kites)


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).


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


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.


suyuk

(walk) with the head bowed to the ground


Batawi

Borrowed from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Jalan ka Batawi ngemplong


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)


harigu-manukeun

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


sanapang

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


sinapang

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


ranggikgik

branching, spread in all directions (of a lineage)


rantab

seen everywhere (e.g. houses in an area)


tinun

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


gahung

kind of mythical animal in the form of an ape


ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮊ᮪

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ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮊ᮪ • (cucuk)

→ Indonesian: 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


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:


ulah

Expresses that something is forbidden or shouldn't happen. Don't!


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

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


élmu

ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ ᮆᮜ᮪ᮙᮥ#Sundanese


orok

ᮇᮛᮧᮊ᮪ ᮇᮛᮧᮊ᮪#Sundanese


ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪

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ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪ • (jeruk)

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


ᮘᮜᮦ

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


kanceuh

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


ᮌᮧᮜᮧᮓᮧᮌ᮪

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ᮌᮧᮜᮧᮓᮧᮌ᮪ • (golodog)


ᮒᮛᮥᮙ᮪

Indigofera tinctoria
Indigofera tinctoria#Translingual


Cirebon

Cirebon (a city in West Java, Indonesia)


séba

séba (canonical)
ᮞᮦᮘ (canonical)
séba (alternative)

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)


kawas

kawas langit jeung bumi


genep

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gənəp.


ᮌᮨᮔᮨᮕ᮪

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ᮌᮨᮔᮨᮕ᮪ • (genep)


palabuan udara

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


pasanggrahan

pasanggrahan or ᮕᮞᮀᮌᮢᮠᮔ᮪ • (pasanggrahan)

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


ᮠᮜᮥ

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


bantar

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


bahayu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh. Doublet of baru.


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)


ᮃᮒᮧᮞ᮪

ᮃᮒᮧᮞ᮪ • (atos)


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.


ᮊ

The first consonant letter from the Sundanese script.

Sundanese script consonants: Aksara Ngalagena: ᮊ


ᮋ

The twentieth and the second additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native 'q'.


ᮌ

The second consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮍ

The third consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮎ

The fourth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮏ

The fifth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮐ

The twenty third and the fourth additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native letter 'z'.


ᮑ

The sixth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮒ

The seventh consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮓ

The eighth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮔ

The ninth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮕ

The tenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮖ

The nineteenth and the first additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native letter 'f'.


ᮗ

The twenty first and the third additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native letter 'v'.


ᮘ

The eleventh consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮙ

The twelfth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮚ

The thirteenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮛ

The fourteenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮜ

The fifteenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮝ

The sixteenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮞ

The seventeenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮟ

The twenty second and the fourth additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native letter 'x'.


ᮠ

The eighteenth consonant letter from the Sundanese script.


ᮮ

The twenty fourth and the fifth additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native Arabic consonant خ (ḵ).


ᮯ

The twenty fifth and the sixth additional consonant letter from the Sundanese script, representing the non-native Arabic consonant ش (š).


Pasundan

the Sundanese homeland, notably West Java and Banten (not to be confused with Sundaland)

State of Pasundan (former state in Indonesia, roughly coterminous with West Java and Banten)


aanyangan

Priangan dialectal form of aanjangan (“to play house”)


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ᮎᮤᮊᮛᮎᮊ᮪ ᮔᮤᮀᮌᮀ ᮘᮒᮥ ᮜᮅᮔ᮪ ᮜᮅᮔ᮪ ᮏᮓᮤ ᮜᮨᮌᮧᮊ᮪

cikaracak ninggang batu laun laun jadi legok (Sundanese script ᮎᮤᮊᮛᮎᮊ᮪ ᮔᮤᮀᮌᮀ ᮘᮒᮥ ᮜᮅᮔ᮪ ᮜᮅᮔ᮪ ᮏᮓᮤ ᮜᮨᮌᮧᮊ᮪)

ᮎᮤᮊᮛᮎᮊ᮪ ᮔᮤᮀᮌᮀ ᮘᮒᮥ ᮜᮅᮔ᮪ ᮜᮅᮔ᮪ ᮏᮓᮤ ᮜᮨᮌᮧᮊ᮪ (Sundanese character)

Literally, “water dripping [over a] rock [will] slowly dent [it]”. Compare Latin gutta cavat lapidem and Chinese 水滴石穿 (shuǐdīshíchuān).

little strokes fell great oaks
little strokes fell great oaks

slow and steady wins the race
slow and steady wins the race

small but consistent efforts can lead to a desired result; little strokes fell great oaks; slow and steady wins the race


pareum

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padem. Cognate with Indonesian padam.


ibak

Engké heula, abdi nuju ibak

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


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”).


ci-

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. Doublet of cai and ci

cipanon (“tears”); cikiih (“urine”)

Citanduy; Ciliwung

Place-name prefix, denoting names of rivers.

Ciwidey; Cipete

Place-name prefix, originally denoting settlement built near rivers.


hanteu

Hanteu gedag bulu salambar.

(literally, “Not wavering even a single hair.”)


buhun

Probably from Proto-Austronesian *puqun (“base of a tree, origin”)

der

Basa Sunda Buhun


kuriling

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

Nguriling sawah


pamajikan

Lamun geus kawin, silaing kudu bageur ka pamajikan.

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


lalangit

Partial reduplication (rajekan dwipurwa) of Sundanese langit (“sky”), 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”).


sigung

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


catang

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


teuing

karunya teuing


teuing

Teuing, da aing mah lain urang dieu.

Teuing ah! Rieut hulu aing mikiran ieu.

Screw it! My head hurts just thinking about this.

(vulgar, idiomatic) An expression of nonchalance, frustration, or dismissal; screw this; forget it (usually followed by particle ah or lah).


merdika

From Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “prosperous”). Cognate of Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika), Indonesian merdeka, Tagalog maharlika.


Muharom

Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)


embé

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

cog

Embé di buruan imah Mang Ari leupas.


Rojab

Rajab, 7th month of the Islamic calendar


Rayagung

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

compound

Zulhijjah, the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar


Hapit

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


ambéh

Suntikan ieu téh ambéh baal pas dicabut gigi.

This injection is to make [you] feel numb during your tooth extraction.


Abiyasa

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

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


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”)

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


Silih Mulud

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

compound

Rabi II, the fourth month of the Islamic calendar


baheula

→ Indonesian: bahela

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

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


beuheula

(Banten) long ago; back then; back in the day.


olab

Mamah! Adé olab deui!

(childish) to vomit, especially milk or stomach content


pesing

having the foul smell of urine; piss stink


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

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)


sereg di buana, logor di liang jarum

Literally, “too tight [to fit] within this world, but fits loosely within the eye of a needle”.

a phrase that explains someone who does not dare to show themselves in public and therefore feels most safe laying low in secret. Usually due to their mistakes, faults, or sins.


séwang

Buku pakét ieu dibagikeun ka para siswa hiji séwang.

This textbook is given to students, one each.


Roslan

Borrowed from Dutch Rusland, from Dutch Rus (“Russian”) + land (“land”), first part ultimately derived from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “people of Rus”)

der

urang Roslan
Russian person

(archaic, obsolete) Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Presen

urang Presen


lancan

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


kiih

Probably related to Proto-Austronesian *ihiq. If so, cognate to Tagalog ihi.


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)


kasurupan

Pas si Ijal nuju ka leuweung, manehna kasurupan.

"When Ijal was going to the woods, he got possessed."

possessed (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.


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.


hihid

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


poé

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


ngahiang

Ceukna mah Prabu Siliwangi téh ngahiang.

"They say that Prabu Siliwangi spirited away."

to spirit away; to disappear without a trace


hanaang

taneuh hanaang


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

muncang (canonical)
ᮙᮥᮔ᮪ᮎᮀ (canonical)
muncang (alternative)

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 must have introduced the plant.


nyaliara

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

tuma nyaliara


sasari

sasari (canonical)
ᮞᮞᮛᮤ (canonical)
sasari (alternative)

Kang Ujang sasarina maké kaos partéi mun keur ngahuma.

Kang Ujang usually wears a political party shirt when he's farming on the fields.

daily; day-to-day; ordinary; usual; general


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

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balakasikang or ᮘᮜᮊᮞᮤᮊᮀ • (balakasikang)

balakasikang (canonical)
ᮘᮜᮊᮞᮤᮊᮀ (canonical)
balakasikang (alternative)

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)


euleuh

euleuh (canonical)
ᮉᮜᮩᮂ (canonical)
euleuh (alternative)

Euleuh, kumaha kaayaanna ayeuna


baduyut

a creeping plant; Trichosanthes villosa.


busiat

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

kabusiatan

involuntary/perfective passive of busiat


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

bandéra (canonical)
ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮦᮛ (canonical)
bandéra (alternative)

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)


Juhara

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

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


mustari

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mustari or ᮙᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮛᮤ or مُسْتَرِي • (mustari)

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

From Malay Musytari (“Jupiter”), from Classical Malay مشتري (musytari, “Jupiter”), from Arabic المُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī, “Jupiter”). Doublet of Mustari.

der

waktu mustari – time of good fortune


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”)

Béjana mah aya kajadian tabrakan di jalan tol.

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


béja

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"...


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.


perlaya

perlaya (canonical)
ᮕᮨᮛᮣᮚ (canonical)
perlaya (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya, “annihilation”)

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


badori

Calotropis gigantea
Calotropis gigantea#Translingual


nyaho

Nyaho can tangtu ngarti.

Knowing does not necessarily mean understanding.


karék

karék hudang tabuh sakieu


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 cm)


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)


Sélong

From Dutch Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão, ultimately from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).

(historical, obsolete) Ceylon, old name for Sri Lanka


teu nyaho di alip bingkeng

Literally, "Not knowing a crooked alif". Perhaps referring to the 'alif maqsurah' (ى).


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)


ᮝᮓᮔ

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

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

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


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


ngabuburit

Partial reduplication of burit (“evening”) + nga-

affix

reduplication of <i class="Latn mention" lang="su">burit</i> (“evening”)

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.


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.

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


sa- -na

Prefix sa- and suffix -na. Comparable with Indonesian se- -nya.

énggal (“fast”) → saénggalna (“as fast as possible”)

lawas (“long”) → salawasna (“forever, at the longest time”)

reup (“to darken”) → sareupna (“evening, literally "as it darkens"”)


nyarandé

Tong nyarandé na kaca.


jeung

Hadiah lombana buku jeung patlot

The prizes for the contest are books and pencils

and (conjunction connecting two words, phrases, etc.)

Anjeun angkat kadieuna jeung saha?

Mending nu mana paéh kaduruk jeung paéh kalelep?

Would you rather die from burning or from drowning??


ngahiem

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