untung
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay untung, from Classical Malay ontong, untung, from Proto-Malayic *untuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʊntʊŋ]
- Hyphenation: un‧tung
- Rhymes: -untʊŋ, -tʊŋ, -ʊŋ
Noun
untung (first-person possessive untungku, second-person possessive untungmu, third-person possessive untungnya)
- gain (what one gains (profit))
- profit
- synonym of mujur, bahagia (“luck”)
- synonym of faedah, guna, manfaat (“use”)
Derived terms
- beruntung
- beruntung-untung
- keberuntungan
- keuntungan
- menguntungkan
- peruntung
- peruntungan
- seberuntung-beruntungnya
- untung-untung
- untung-untungan
- untung batu
- untung malang
- untung sabut
- untung sero
Further reading
- “untung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *untuŋ (compare Indonesian untung), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utuŋ (compare Maori utu, Hawaiian uku).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /untoŋ/
- (Baku) IPA(key): /untʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -untoŋ, -toŋ, -oŋ
Noun
untung (Jawi spelling اونتوڠ, plural untung-untung, informal 1st possessive untungku, 2nd possessive untungmu, 3rd possessive untungnya)
- gain (what one gains (profit))
Descendants
- Indonesian: untung
Further reading
- “untung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Yakan
Noun
untung
- profit