duyung

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• dugong

Etymology

From Malay duyung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdujʊŋ/
• Hyphenation: du‧yung
• Rhymes: -jʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ

Noun

duyung (first-person possessive duyungku, second-person possessive duyungmu, third-person possessive duyungnya)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung
• ikan duyung

Further reading

• “duyung” 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.

Malay

Alternative forms

• dugong / دوݢوڠ
• duyong

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ from Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ. Doublet of dugong.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /dujoŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /dujʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -ujoŋ, -joŋ, -oŋ

Noun

duyung (Jawi spelling دويوڠ, plural duyung-duyung, informal 1st possessive duyungku, 2nd possessive duyungmu, 3rd possessive duyungnya)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung / بابي دويوڠ
• ikan duyung / ايکن دويوڠ

Descendants

• Indonesian: duyung
• → Afrikaans: doejong, doegong
• → Dutch: doejong
• → Ido: duyongo

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “دويڠ doejoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 129
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “دويڠ duyong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 304
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “duyong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 96

Further reading

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

Tausug

Noun

duyung

1. dugong