acung

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃʊŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧cung

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦕꦸꦁ (acung, “raising the hand”).

acung

1. raising one's hand

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

acung

1. to kick

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

acung (plural acung-acung)

1. (botany) Amorphophallus variabilis

   Synonyms: badur, iles-iles

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese cuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”).

acung (plural acung-acung)

1. amaranth (color)

   acung:  

   Synonym: ungu lembayung (Standard Malay)

2. grayish magenta

   acung:  

   Synonym: lembayung kelabu (Standard Malay)

• “acung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

acung

1. romanization of ꦲꦕꦸꦁ