apiun
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) or Hokkien 鴉片／鸦片 (a-phiàn). Compare to Sundanese apiun, Vietnamese á phiện, Baba Malay aphien, Dutch amfioen. Doublet of opium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈapiʊn/
- Hyphenation: api‧un
- Rhymes: -ʊn, -n
Noun
apiun (plural apiun-apiun, first-person possessive apiunku, second-person possessive apiunmu, third-person possessive apiunnya)
- alternative spelling of opium
Further reading
- “apiun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Sundanese
Noun
apiun
- opium
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