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acung.

raising one's hand

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

root/ˈa.t͡ʃʊŋ/

  1. raising one's hand

    morpheme
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦕꦸꦁ (acung, “raising the hand”).

noun/ˈa.t͡ʃʊŋ/

  1. amaranth (color)

  2. grayish magenta

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese acuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”). Doublet of terung.

root/ˈa.t͡ʃʊŋ/

  1. to kick

    morpheme
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

noun/ˈa.t͡ʃʊŋ/

  1. Amorphophallus variabilis

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