wuni

Javanese

Romanization

wuni

  1. romanization of ꦮꦸꦤꦶ

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wuni/
  • Rhymes: -ni
  • Hyphenation: wu‧ni

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, compare Malay sembunyi.

Noun

wuni

  1. secret

Verb

wuni

  1. to hide

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • amuni
  • awuni
  • pamuni
  • winuni

Etymology 2

Cognate of Indonesian buni, Tagalog bignay.

Noun

wuni

  1. (botany) bignay (Antidesma bunius).
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦮꦸꦤꦶ (wuni)

Etymology 3

Noun

wuni

  1. alternative spelling of uni (“sound, voice; content”)

Further reading

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

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.ni/

Verb

wuni

  1. (transitive) to watch

Conjugation

Conjugation of wuni
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person towuni fowuni miwuni
2nd person nowuni niwuni
3rd
person 		masculine owuni iwuni
yowuni (archaic)
feminine mowuni
neuter iwuni

Alternative forms

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.n̪i/

Noun

wuni

  1. alternative form of uni (“blood”)

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[1], Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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