sinuhun
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay senuhun, sinuhun, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦤꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀ (sinuhun), from Old Javanese sinuhun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ˈnu.hun/
- Rhymes: -hun
- Hyphenation: si‧nu‧hun
Further reading
- “sinuhun” 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.nu.hun/
- Rhymes: -hun
- Hyphenation: si‧nu‧hun
Verb
sinuhun (passive)
- to carry on the head
- to take or receive on the head
- to raise over the head
- to place someone's feet on the head
- to pay homage, to accept respectfully, to ask respectfully
Descendants
Further reading
- "sinuhun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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