Sundanese

Sundanese

See also: sundanese

English

Etymology

The word "Sunda" may originate from Sanskrit, in which case it may mean either "light" or "water".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌndəˈniːz/

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Noun

Sundanese (plural Sundanese)

1. A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 40 million.
   • 2014, Jacqueline Knörr, Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia (page 177)

     While he is now revered as a local and national hero of the Betawi, according to older legends he was in fact a Sundanese who came to Batavia from Cirebon.

Translations

ethnic group member

Dutch: Soendanees (nl) m Polish: Sundajczyk (pl) m Portuguese: sundanês (pt) m

ethnic group - Note: These are translations for the plural.

Chinese: Mandarin: 巽他族 (Xùntāzú) Dutch: Soendanezen (nl) m pl Finnish: sundalaiset pl Malay: orang Sunda, Sunda Russian: сунд (ru) m (sund) Sundanese: urang Sunda

Proper noun

Sundanese

1. The language of the Sundanese people.

   Synonym: Basa Sunda

2. The alphabet used to write the Sundanese language.

Translations

language

Catalan: sondanès (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巽他語／巽他语 (Xùntāyǔ) Dutch: Soendanees (nl) n Finnish: sunda (fi) Malay: bahasa Sunda, Sunda Polish: sundajski (pl) m Portuguese: sundanês (pt) m Russian: сунданский (ru) (sundanskij) Sundanese: Basa Sunda Swedish: sundanesiska (sv) c

Adjective

Sundanese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people.

Translations

pertaining to the Sudanese people

Chinese: Mandarin: 巽他的 (Xùntā de) Dutch: Soendanees (nl) Finnish: sundalainen Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Malay: Sunda Polish: sundajski (pl) Portuguese: sundanês (pt) m Spanish: please add this translation if you can Sundanese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sundanese terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code su, ISO 639-3 code sun (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Sundanese, sun ⁠