tunang

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.naŋ/
  • Rhymes: -naŋ
  • Hyphenation: tu‧nang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tunang (“fiance”), from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤꦁ (tunang, “fiancé(e)”).

Noun

tunang (first-person possessive tunangku, second-person possessive tunangmu, third-person possessive tunangnya)

  1. fiancé, fiancée
Derived terms
  • bertunangan
  • mempertunangkan
  • menunangi
  • menunangkan
  • penunangan
  • pertunangan
  • petunang
  • tunangan

Etymology 2

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Noun

tunang (plural tunang-tunang, first-person possessive tunangku, second-person possessive tunangmu, third-person possessive tunangnya)

  1. (zoology) bluntnose snake eel (Ophichthus apicalis).
    Synonym: bangko

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tunang

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦤꦁ

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tunang (“fiance”), from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤꦁ (tunang, “fiancé(e)”).

Noun

tunang

  1. darling
  2. fiancée
  3. sweetheart
    Masi wala' tunang ku.
    I don't have yet a fiancée.
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