tenun

Balinese

Verb

tenun (Balinese script ᬢᭂᬦᬸᬦ᭄)

1. to weave

Finnish

Noun

tenun

1. genitive singular of tenu

Anagrams

• nenut, tunne, unten

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tenun, from Proto-Malayic *tənun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənun, from Proto-Austronesian *tənun (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈnun/ [t̪əˈnun]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: te‧nun

Verb

tênun (active menenun, passive ditenun)

1. to weave

   Synonym: jalin (dialectal)

Derived terms

• bertenun
• penenun (“weaver”)
• penenunan (“(act of) weaving”)
• pertenunan
• tenunan (“weaving, something that is woven”)

• tenun bidak galah napuh
• tenun bulu
• tenun dobi
• tenun ikat
• tenun kartu
• tenun keranjang
• tenun leno
• tenun Makassar
• tenun polos
• tenun satin
• tenun selerang
• tenun slub
• tenun Toraja
• tenun tulang haring

Etymology 2

Probably from Borrowed from Hitu [Term?].

Proper noun

tenun

A traditional ceremony that aims to commemorate the beginning of the existence of the Pelauw Village community, Maluku, held every three years.

Further reading

• “tenun”, 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

Verb

tenun

1. to weave

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tənun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənun, from Proto-Austronesian *tənun (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /təˈnon/ [t̪əˈnon]
• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /təˈnun/ [t̪əˈnʊn]
• Rhymes: -ənon, -non, -on

Verb

tenun (Jawi spelling تنون)

1. to weave

   Synonym: jalin

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penenun (“weaver”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penenunan (“act of or process of weaving”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tenunan (“weaving; something that is woven”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• menenun [agent focus] (meN-)
• ditenun [patient focus] (di-)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tenun (inherited)

References

• “tenun”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "tenun" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tənun.

Verb

tenun

1. to weave

References

• Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青), A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2008.