wijen

See also: wijeñ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦮꦶꦗꦺꦤ꧀ (wijèn), from Old Javanese wijyan (“sesame-seed”). Doublet of bijan and bijian. Reconstructed as biji +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwid͡ʒɛn]
• Hyphenation: wi‧jèn

Noun

wijèn (first-person possessive wijenku, second-person possessive wijenmu, third-person possessive wijennya)

1. sesame:
   1. A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
   2. The seed of this plant.

Synonyms

• (plant): bijan, lenga, sesam, tanaman wijen
• (seed): biji wijen

Further reading

• “wijen” 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.

Mapudungun

Noun

wijen (Raguileo spelling)

1. urine

Synonyms

• wijeñ

See also

• wijvn