junjung

English

Etymology

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Noun

junjung (plural junjungs)

  1. A royal war drum used by the Serer people.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒund͡ʒuŋ/ [ˈd͡ʒuɲ.d͡ʒʊŋ]
  • Rhymes: -und͡ʒuŋ
  • Syllabification: jun‧jung

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay junjung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuŋzuŋ.

Verb

junjung (active menjunjung, passive dijunjung)

  1. (transitive) to carry on the head; to uphold
  2. (transitive, figurative) to honour (to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].(Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “don't use KBBI as the source”)

Noun

junjung

  1. stick (pole, etc.) on which plants grow or twine
    Synonym: junjungan
Derived terms

References

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

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuŋzuŋ (“carry on the head”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuɲd͡ʒuŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uɲd͡ʒuŋ

Verb

junjung (Jawi spelling جونجوڠ)

  1. (transitive) to carry something on the head, to support, to elevate, to lift
  2. (figurative, transitive) to obey
    Synonyms: patuh, turut
  3. (transitive, figurative) to value highly
    Synonym: hargai

Noun

junjung (Jawi spelling جونجوڠ, plural junjung-junjung)

  1. trellis, structure for supporting creeping plants
    Synonyms: jeriji, turus

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • junjungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • penjunjungan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • menjunjung kasih

Descendants

  • Indonesian: junjung

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zuŋzuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “جنجڠ djoendjoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 104
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “جنجڠ junjong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 234
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “junjong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 488

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