tungau

Central Dusun

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tungau

  1. cat
    Orohian oku do tungau.
    I like cats.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tungau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuŋaw (“tiny red itch mite”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtuŋau̯/ [ˈt̪u.ŋau̯]
  • Rhymes: -uŋau̯
  • Syllabification: tu‧ngau

Noun

tungau (plural tungau-tungau)

  1. mite (any of many minute arachnids of the subclass Acarina)

Hyponyms

  • tungau anjing (“eyelash mite, face mite, skin mite, Demodex canis”)
  • tungau merah (“red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae”)

References

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

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuŋaw (“tiny red itch mite”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuŋau̯/
  • Rhymes: -uŋau̯

Noun

tungau (Jawi spelling توڠاو, plural tungau-tungau)

  1. mite
    Synonym: hama

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • bertungau [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tungau

Further reading

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