apung

apung

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay apung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *apuŋ (“float”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapʊŋ]
• Hyphenation: apung

Verb

apung

1. to float.

Conjugation

Conjugation of apung (meng-, intransitive)
Root	apung
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengapung	terapung	–	apung	apunglah
Locative	mengapungi	terapungi	diapungi	apungi	apungilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengapungkan	terapungkan	diapungkan	apungkan	apungkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	–	–	–	–	–
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Alternative forms

• ampung

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• apungan
• apung-apung
• berapungan
• berapung-apung
• mengapung
• mengapungkan
• pengapung
• pengapungan
• terapung
• terapung-apung

 

Further reading

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

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *apuŋ (“float”). Cognate with Malagasy afona and Acehnese ampōŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apuŋ/
• Rhymes: -apuŋ, -puŋ, -uŋ
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [äpʊŋ, -poŋ, -po̞ŋ]

Verb

apung (Jawi spelling اڤوڠ‎)

1. to float

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• terapung [agentless action] (teR-)
• apungan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pengapung [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Further reading

• “apung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.