temenggung

Indonesian

Noun

têmênggung (plural temenggung-temenggung)

  1. nonstandard form of tumenggung

Javanese

Romanization

temenggung

  1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦩꦼꦁꦒꦸꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese tumĕṅguṅ (compare with Javanese ꦠꦸꦩꦼꦁꦒꦸꦁ (tumenggung)) infixing taṅguṅ (“carrying, bearing, burden, load”) with -um-; reanalysable as tanggung +‎ -em-.[1]

Noun

temenggung (Jawi spelling تمڠݢوڠ, plural temenggung-temenggung)

  1. (historical) high-ranking official in some Malay sultanates under the bendahara (royal treasurer), typically in charge of the police or armed forces.

References

  1. ^ Luering, H. L. E. (June 1903) “Notes on the Formation of Words in Malay and Cognate Languages”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 39, page 32

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