tepung

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tapung (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Malay tepung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈpuŋ/ [t̪əˈpuŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: te‧pung

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Noun

têpung (plural tepung-tepung)

1. flour (ground cereal grains)
2. mash

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertepung [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• menepung [agent focus] (meN-)

compound words

• tepung beras
• tepung gandum
• tepung jagung

Further reading

• “tepung”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Cognate to Brunei Malay tapung. Compare Proto-Philippine *tapuŋ (“rice flour”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tə.poŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tə.pʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -poŋ, -oŋ, -oŋ

Noun

tepung (Jawi spelling تڤوڠ, plural tepung-tepung or tepung²)

1. flour (ground cereal grains)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menepung [agent focus] (meN-)
• tepung-tepungan [reduplication + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + -an)

compound words

• tepung beras
• tepung gandum
• tepung jagung

Descendants

• Indonesian: tepung
• → Brunei Malay: tapung
• → Tausug: tapung
• → Min Nan: 地粉 (tē-hún)

Further reading

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