anggu

anggu

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

Probably from Malay anggur (“grape”).

Noun

anggu

1. plant with edible red berries

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɡu/
• Hyphenation: ang‧gu
• Rhymes: -aŋɡu

Etymology 1

• Cognate of Javanese ꦲꦔ꧀ꦒꦺꦴ (anggo, “the way to use”), Old Javanese aṅgo (“what is worn or used”).
• From Persian انگژ‎ (anguzh, “ankus, elephant goad”).[1] Doublet of angkusa.

Noun

anggu (plural anggu-anggu, first-person possessive angguku, second-person possessive anggumu, third-person possessive anggunya)

1. alternative spelling of peranggu (“a set”)

Etymology 2

From Mandar [Term?].

Noun

anggu (plural anggu-anggu, first-person possessive angguku, second-person possessive anggumu, third-person possessive anggunya)

1. small fishing net

References

1. Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018), “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation, page 117-144

Further reading

• “anggu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.