ꦗꦺꦴꦁ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese joṅ (“umbrella; ship”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuŋ/
Rhymes: -d͡ʒuŋ
Hyphenation: jong

Noun

ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong)

(archaic) umbrella
(archaic) cover
ship

Derived terms

ꦔꦼꦗꦺꦴꦁ (ngejong)
ꦲꦗꦺꦴꦁ (ajong)

Descendants

→ English: djong
→ Malay: jong
- > Indonesian: jung (inherited)
- → Arabic: جُنْك (junk)
  - → Dutch: jonk, djonk
  - → Portuguese: junco, junquo, jungo
    - → English: junk
    - → Italian: giunco, giunca, giunchi (plural), giunche (plural), zonchi (plural)
      - → French: jonque
      - → German: Junke, Juncke, Dschunke
      - → Latin: junkus, iunca, iuncus
        → Dutch: ionco, iunco
        → Italian: ioncque
        → French: ionct
        → Spanish: iuncque
    - → Spanish: junco, juanga, joanga

Further reading

The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “jong”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
“junk, n.³”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.