ꦩꦸꦁ

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muŋ/
• Rhymes: -muŋ
• Hyphenation: mung

Etymology 1

Clipping of ꦲꦩꦸꦁ (amung).

Adverb

ꦩꦸꦁ (mung)

1. (ngoko) just, only.

Synonyms

• ꦒꦸꦂ (gur) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)
• ꦩꦺꦏ꧀ (mèk) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)
• ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ (muk) (Mataraman, Kediri—Madiun)
• ꦤꦩꦸꦁ (namung) (krama)

Derived terms

• ꦔꦼꦩꦸꦔꦏꦺ (ngemungaké)
• ꦩꦸꦁꦩꦸꦔꦤ꧀ (mung-mungan)

 

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

ꦩꦸꦁ (mung)

1. gong beat

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hindi मूँग (mūṅg), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga).

Noun

ꦩꦸꦁ (mung)

1. mung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “mung”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN