aluṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed luṅ, lūṅ (“young and flexible branch, shoot”) +‎ a-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -lʊŋ
  • Hyphenation: a‧luṅ

Noun

aluṅ

  1. shooting, sprouting
  2. stretching out

Adjective

aluṅ

  1. flexible, supple

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸꦁ (alung) (inherited)
  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦁ (along)

Further reading

  • "aluṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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