kuwung-kuwung
Betawi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sundanese kuwung-kuwung, from Old Sundanese kuwuṅ-kuwuṅ.
Noun
[edit]kuwung-kuwung
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
- Synonyms: bianglala, ketumbiri, kudungan, lengkuwung, tengkuwung, layung, pelangi, selèndang, tangga nyai putri mandi
Sundanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Sundanese kuwuṅ-kuwuṅ.
Noun
[edit]kuwung-kuwung (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮝᮥᮀ-ᮊᮥᮝᮥᮀ)
- rainbow
- Synonym: katumbiri
- (specifically) rainbows that appear in the western sky during the morning
Further reading
[edit]- "KOEWOENG", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij