embun

From Proto-Malayic *Ambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.

embun

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ambun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Inherited from Malay embun, from Proto-Malayic *Ambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əmˈbun/ [əmˈbun]

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• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: em‧bun

êmbun (plural embun-embun)

1. dew, moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ambun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• “embun” 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.

From Proto-Malayic *Ambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /əmˈbon/ [əmˈbon]
  • Rhymes: -on
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /əmˈbun/ [əmˈbun]
  • Rhymes: -un

embun (Jawi spelling امبون, plural embun-embun)

1. dew, moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ambun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• “embun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.