dusun
Balinese
Alternative forms
- doesoen (chiefly pre-1947)
Etymology
From Old Javanese ḍusun (“village, countryside, country district, district, rural, rustic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʊ.sʊn/
Noun
dusun (Balinese script ᬤᬸᬲᬸᬦ᭄)
Further reading
- “dusun” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdusun/ [ˈdu.sʊn]
- Rhymes: -usun
- Syllabification: du‧sun
Noun
dusun (plural dusun-dusun)
- hamlet
- (government) division of administrative areas in Indonesia which are located under sub-districts or villages.
Derived terms
- pedusunan
- dusun pengasihan
Further reading
- “dusun” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
dusun
- romanization of ꦢꦸꦱꦸꦤ꧀
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Numeral
dusun
- thousand
- Wan dusun.
- One thousand.
Descendants
- → Dutch: doezoe
- → Saramaccan: dúsu