wuni

Javanese

Romanization

wuni

1. Romanization of ꦮꦸꦤꦶ

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuni/
• Rhymes: -ni
• Hyphenation: wu‧ni

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buni, compare Malay sembunyi.

Noun

wuni

1. secret

Verb

wuni

1. to hide

Alternative forms

• uni

Derived terms

• amuni
• awuni
• pamuni
• winuni

 

Etymology 2

Cognate of Indonesian buni, Tagalog bignay.

Noun

wuni

1. (botany) bignay (Antidesma bunius).

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦸꦤꦶ (wuni)

Etymology 3

Noun

wuni

1. Alternative spelling of uni (“sound, voice; content”)

Further reading

• "wuni" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.ni/

Verb

wuni

1. (transitive) to watch

Conjugation

Conjugation of wuni
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	towuni	fowuni	miwuni
2nd	nowuni	niwuni
3rd	Masculine	owuni	iwuni, yowuni†
Feminine	mowuni
Neuter	iwuni
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• uni

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.n̪i/

Noun

wuni

1. Alternative form of uni (“blood”)

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics