taifun

See also: Taifun

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sinitic

• 大風／大风 (“big wind”) (Cantonese daai⁶ fung¹, Hakka thai-fûng).
• 颱風／台风 (“typhoon”) (Cantonese toi⁴ fung¹, Hakka thòi-fûng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtai̯fun]
• Hyphenation: tai‧fun

Noun

taifun (first-person possessive taifunku, second-person possessive taifunmu, third-person possessive taifunnya)

1. (meteorology) typhoon.

Related terms

• topan

 

Further reading

• “taifun” 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.

Romanian

Taifun

Etymology

Borrowed from German Taifun, from English typhoon.

Noun

taifun n (plural taifunuri)

1. typhoon (hurricane in the Pacific)

Declension

Declension of taifun

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) taifun	taifunul	(niște) taifunuri	taifunurile
genitive/dative	(unui) taifun	taifunului	(unor) taifunuri	taifunurilor
vocative	taifunule		taifunurilor