jagung

Malay

Etymology

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.

Noun

jagung (Jawi spelling جاݢوڠ‎, plural jagung-jagung, informal 1st possessive jagungku, impolite 2nd possessive jagungmu, 3rd possessive jagungnya)

1. maize; corn

Derived terms

• tepung jagung
• bertih jagung
• emping jagung

Further reading

• “jagung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.