wuni

Javanese

Romanization

wuni

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦸꦤꦶ

Old Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wuni/
  • Rhymes: -ni
  • Hyphenation: wu‧ni

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, compare Malay sembunyi.

Noun

wuni

  1. secret

Verb

wuni

  1. to hide

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • amuni
  • awuni
  • pamuni
  • winuni

Etymology 2

Cognate of Indonesian buni, Tagalog bignay.

Noun

wuni

  1. (botany) bignay (Antidesma bunius).
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦮꦸꦤꦶ (wuni)

Noun

wuni

  1. Alternative spelling of uni (“sound, voice; content”)

Further reading
  • "wuni" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.ni/

Verb

wuni

  1. (transitive) to watch

Conjugation
Conjugation of wuni
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towuni fowuni miwuni
2nd nowuni niwuni
3rd Masculine owuni iwuni, yowuni†
Feminine mowuni
Neuter iwuni
† - archaic

Alternative forms

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.n̪i/

Noun

wuni

  1. Alternative form of uni (“blood”)

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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