wijen

See also: wijeñ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦶꦗꦺꦤ꧀ (wijèn), from Old Javanese wijyan (sesame-seed). Doublet of bijan and bijian. Reconstructed as biji + -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwid͡ʒɛn]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧jèn

Noun

wijèn (first-person possessive wijenku, second-person possessive wijenmu, third-person possessive wijennya)

  1. sesame:
    1. A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
    2. The seed of this plant.

Synonyms

Further reading

Mapudungun

Noun

wijen (Raguileo spelling)

  1. urine

Synonyms

See also

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