tiung
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiuŋ/
- Rhymes: -iuŋ, -uŋ
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [tiʊŋ, -oŋ, -o̞ŋ]
Noun
tiung (Jawi spelling تيوڠ, plural tiung-tiung, informal 1st possessive tiungku, 2nd possessive tiungmu, 3rd possessive tiungnya)
- myna (the Asian members of starling family)
- (figurative) a talkative person
Descendants
- Indonesian: tiung
Further reading
- “tiung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.