jagung
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Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Javanese jawa agung. Compound of ꦗꦮ jawa, a contraction of ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ juwawut "foxtail millet" + ꦲꦒꦸꦁ agung "big". Cognate to Sundanese ᮏᮌᮧᮀ (jagong). First attested in Latin on the Nederlandsch-Indisch Plakaatboek dated 1800.[1]
Noun[edit]
jagung (Jawi spelling جاݢوڠ, plural jagung-jagung, informal 1st possessive jagungku, impolite 2nd possessive jagungmu, 3rd possessive jagungnya)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “jagung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.