karuhun

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮊᮛᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪ (karuhun, “ancestor”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈruhun/ [kaˈru.hʊn]
• Rhymes: -uhun
• Syllabification: ka‧ru‧hun

karuhun (plural karuhun-karuhun)

1. ancestor

• “karuhun”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Old Sundanese karuhun (“ancestor, forefather”) from ruhun (“before, ere”). Cognate with Old Javanese karuhun (“before”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈruhun/

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karuhun (Sundanese script ᮊᮛᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪)

1. ancestors

• → Indonesian: karuhun