santun

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay santun

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsantun/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ʊn]
  • Rhymes: -antun
  • Syllabification: san‧tun

Adjective

santun (comparative lebih santun, superlative paling santun)

  1. courteous, decent, polite
  2. benevolent, kind, sympathetic, helpful

Derived terms

  • kesantunan
  • menyantun
  • penyantun
  • penyantunan
  • santunan
  • santuni
  • tersantun

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

santun

  1. romanization of ꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san.tun/
  • Rhymes: -antun
  • Hyphenation: san‧tun

Etymology 1

From sāri (quintessence; pollen, flower) +‎ -ntun.

Noun

santun

  1. pollen
  2. flower
Derived terms
  • caraṅ santun

Etymology 2

From sari (continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly, lastingly; day after day) +‎ -ntun.

Root

santun

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Derived terms
  • asantun
  • tan asantun

Further reading

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