kuning

Balinese

Etymology

From Malay kuning.

Adjective

kuning (Balinese script ᬓᬸᬦᬶᬂ) (medya)

1. yellow
2. west, western

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

kuning

1. lightning (flash of light)

Adjective

kuning

1. lightning (Extremely fast or sudden)

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ. Cognate with Malay kuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.niŋ/

Adjective

kuning

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning

1. yellow (colour)

Hiligaynon

Noun

kuníng

1. cat

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.niəŋ/

Noun

kuning

1. yellow

Adjective

kuning

1. yellow

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkunɪŋ]

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• Hyphenation: ku‧ning

Adjective

kuning

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning (plural kuning-kuning)

1. yellow (colour)

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)

putih	abu-abu, kelabu	hitam
merah; kirmizi	jingga; cokelat, pirang tua	kuning; krem
hijau pupus, hijau limau	hijau	hijau pudina; hijau tua
nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut	biru langit, nilakandi	biru
lembayung; nila	patma; ungu	merah jambu, merah muda

Further reading

• “kuning”, 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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

kuning (ngoko kuning, krama jené)

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning (ngoko kuning, krama jené)

1. yellow (colour)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ. There are several theories behind its origin:

• From Karo Batak kuning (“turmeric”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kunij. Doublet of kunyit, the (slightly) regular reflex of latter in Malayic.
• From the rebracketing of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamuniŋ.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkuneŋ/ [ˈku.neŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uneŋ, -neŋ, -eŋ
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈkuniŋ/ [ˈku.niŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uniŋ, -niŋ, -iŋ
• (Perak) IPA^(key): /ˈkunen/ [ˈku.nen]
• Hyphenation: ku‧ning

Adjective

kuning (Jawi spelling کونيڠ, comparative lebih kuning, superlative paling kuning)

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning (Jawi spelling کونيڠ, plural kuning-kuning or kuning²)

1. yellow (colour)

Further reading

• "kuning" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Dutch

Noun

kuning m

1. alternative spelling of cuninc

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ninɡ/, [ˈku.niŋɡ]

Noun

kuning m

1. alternative form of cyning

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	kuning	kuningas
accusative	kuning	kuningas
genitive	kuninges	kuninga
dative	kuninge	kuningum

Old High German

Alternative forms

• cuning, chuninc, chuning

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kuning m (plural kuninga)

1. king

Declension

Declension of kuning (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kuning	kuningā, kuninga
accusative	kuning	kuningā, kuninga
genitive	kuninges	kuningo
dative	kuninge	kuningum
instrumental	kuningu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: künic, künec
  • Alemannic German: Künig, Chüng, Keenig
  • Bavarian: Kine, Kini, Kenig, Kineng
  • Central Franconian: Kinnik, Künning, Künnik
  • Cimbrian: khuuneg
  • German: König
  • Luxembourgish: Kinnek
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Keenich

  • Vilamovian: kyng
  • Yiddish: קיניג (kinig), קעניג (kenig)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

kuning m

1. king
   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 60-64

     Erodes was an Hierusalem oƀer that Judeono folk gikoran te kuninge, sō ina thie kēser thārod, fon Rūmuburg rīki thiodan satta undar that gisīđi.

     Herodes was chosen as king in Jerusalem over the Jewish nation, so there the emperor, powerful ruler from Rome placed him among the servants.

Declension

kuning (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kuning	kuningos
accusative	kuning	kuningos
genitive	kuninges	kuningō
dative	kuninge	kuningum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: könink, könnink, kunig
  • Low German: Köning
    • Dutch Low Saxon: koaning, könning
    • German Low German: Koning, Köning, Keunig
      • Plautdietsch: Kjennich
  • → Latgalian: kieneņš
  • → Latvian: ķẽniņš
  • → Saterland Frisian: König, Köänig
  • → West Frisian: keuning

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Noun

kuning (genitive kuninga, partitive kuningat)

1. king

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• kuningriik'

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

kuning

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

kuning

1. yellow (colour)