agung

See also: Agung

English

Noun

agung (plural agungs)

1. A gong used in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Anagrams

• gunga, ungag

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay agung, from Classical Malay اڬوڠ (agung), from Javanese ꦲꦒꦸꦁ (agung) (cognate with Sundanese ᮃᮌᮩᮀ (ageung)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡʊŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɡʊŋ, -ɡʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ

Adjective

agung

1. grand (Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression)
2. grand (Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name)

Derived terms

• diagung
• diagung-agung
• diagung-agungi
• diagung-agungkan
• diagungi
• diagungkan
• diperagung
• diperagung-agung
• diperagung-agungi
• diperagung-agungkan
• diperagungi
• diperagungkan
• keagungan
• kepengagungan
• keperagungan
• mengagungkan
• pengagung
• pengagungan
• peragung
• peragungan
• peragungi
• peragungkan
• seagung
• seagung-agung
• seagung-agungnya
• seagungnya

 

Related terms

• Agung

 

Further reading

• “agung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

agung

1. Romanization of ꦲꦒꦸꦁ

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ɡuŋ/

Postposition

agung

1. in the middle of

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malay

Alternative forms

• agong

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦒꦸꦁ (agung) (cognate with Sundanese ᮃᮌᮩᮀ (ageung)).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [aɡoŋ, -ɡʊŋ, -ɡo̞ŋ]
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): [aɡʊŋ, -ɡoŋ, -ɡo̞ŋ]

Adjective

agung (Jawi spelling اݢوڠ)

1. grand, great, supreme

Derived terms

• karya agung
• pengagungan
• Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Descendants

• > Indonesian: agung (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اݢڠ agong”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek‎^[2], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 15-6
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اݢڠ agong”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[3], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 28
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “agong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[4], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 10

Further reading

• “agung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tausug

Noun

agung

1. brazen gong

Related terms

• kulintangan
• pulakan (“small gong”)
• buwa' (“large shallow gong, usually struck when there is an emergency”)