wuntu

Javanese

Romanization

wuntu

1. romanization of ꦮꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ. archaic spelling of ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (buntu)

Lindu

Noun

wuntu

1. tip; end

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wun.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: wun‧tu

Etymology 1

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntuʔ (“bloated, swollen (of the belly)”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

wuntu

1. full
2. blocked, clogged
3. filling completely.

Derived terms

• amuntwakĕn
• amuntwani
• kawuntwan
• kontu

• wuntu galĕṅ

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (wuntu), ꦧꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (buntu) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Noun

wuntu

1. alternative spelling of huntu, untu, wuntu (“tooth”)

Further reading

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