alun-alun
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun-alun, “town square, public square”), from Old Javanese alun-alun (“town square, public square”).
Noun
alun-alun (first-person possessive alun-alunku, second-person possessive alun-alunmu, third-person possessive alun-alunnya)
Further reading
- “alun-alun” 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
Old Javanese
Etymology
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Descendants
- Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun-alun)
- → Indonesian: alun-alun
Further reading
- "alun-alun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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