tungau
Central Dusun
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
tungau
- cat
- Orohian oku do tungau.
- I like cats.
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tungau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuŋaw (“tiny red itch mite”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtuŋau̯/ [ˈt̪u.ŋau̯]
- Rhymes: -uŋau̯
- Syllabification: tu‧ngau
Noun
tungau (plural tungau-tungau)
Hyponyms
- tungau anjing (“eyelash mite, face mite, skin mite, Demodex canis”)
- tungau merah (“red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae”)
References
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuŋaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Further reading
- “tungau”, 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
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuŋaw (“tiny red itch mite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuŋau̯/
- Rhymes: -uŋau̯
Noun
tungau (Jawi spelling توڠاو, plural tungau-tungau)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- bertungau [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tungau
Further reading
- “tungau”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017