dusun

See also: Dusun, düşün, and Düşün

Balinese

Alternative forms

• doesoen (chiefly pre-1947)

Etymology

From Old Javanese ḍusun (“village, countryside, country district, district, rural, rustic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊ.sʊn/

Noun

dusun (Balinese script ᬤᬸᬲᬸᬦ᭄)

1. village, rural, countryside

Further reading

• “dusun”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦝꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀ (dhusun).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdusun/ [ˈdu.sʊn]
• Rhymes: -usun
• Syllabification: du‧sun

Noun

dusun (plural dusun-dusun)

1. hamlet
2. (government) division of administrative areas in Indonesia which are located under sub-districts or villages.

Derived terms

• pedusunan

• dusun pengasihan

Further reading

• “dusun”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

dusun

1. romanization of ꦢꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duizend.

Numeral

dusun

1. thousand

   Wan dusun.

   One thousand.

Descendants

• → Dutch: doezoe
• → Saramaccan: dúsu