puhun

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *puhun (“stem, origin, to beg”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun.

Noun

puhun

1. A tree.
2. A shrub.

Finnish

Verb

puhun

1. first-person singular present indicative of puhua

   Puhun vähän suomea. ― I speak a little Finnish.

Anagrams

• hupun

Javanese

Romanization

puhun

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *puhun (“stem, origin, to beg”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Cognate with Indonesian pohon.

Noun

puhun

1. base
   • 1995, Rosyadi, Sri Mintosih, Soeloso, Nilai-nilai budaya dalam Kaba Anggun nan Tungga Si Magek Jabang [Cultural values in Kaba Anggun nan Tungga Si Magek Jabang] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, page 13:

     Soto sudahnyo bakato, lalu togak anyo sakali, togak ka anjuang pelang, eten ka puhun jonjang tali […]

     Once the talk ended, she stood up straight away, stood towards the top platform, went to the base of the rope ladder […]

2. origin; source
3. cause; reason
4. right of direction when facing upstream, perpendicular to river flow:
   1. east
   2. west

Usage notes

Used for "east" in places where the rivers flow to the south, and for "west" in places where the rivers flow to the north.

Derived terms

• bapuhun

Verb

puhun

1. to plead

Derived terms

• mamuhun

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.hun/
• Rhymes: -hun
• Hyphenation: pu‧hun

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun.

Root

puhun

1. tree

Derived terms

• puhun wulu
• riṅ puhun malama

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀ (puhun) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

puhun

1. tiger

   Synonyms: bowoṅ, harimoṅ, hariwyāghra, macan, moṅ, mṛgādhipa, mṛganātha, mṛgapati, mṛgaprabhu, mṛgarāja, mṛgendra, puhun, samoṅ, śārdūla, śārdūlākṛti, wasari, wasarya, wyāghra

Etymology 3

Unknown, probably affixed suhun +‎ pa-.

Root

puhun

1. to beg

Derived terms

• amuhun

Descendants

• >? Malay: pohon (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• "puhun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese puhun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Doublet of puun

Noun

puhun (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪)

1. beginning, origin, first

Derived terms

• pupuhunan

Further reading

• "POEHOEN", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /puhun/ [pʊˈɦun̪]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: pu‧hun

Noun

puhun

1. complaint, report

Verb

puhun

1. to complain (to someone, esp. a parent, usu. against a member of the family or a close relative)