different between dukun vs sukun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay dukun

Noun

dukun (plural dukuns)

1. A Malay shaman or witch doctor.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dukun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?duk?n]
• Hyphenation: du?kun

Noun

dukun (first-person possessive dukunku, second-person possessive dukunmu, third-person possessive dukunnya)

1. shaman (traditional healer)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dukun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /dukon/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /duk?n/
• Rhymes: -ukon, -kon, -on

Noun

dukun (Jawi spelling ??????, plural dukun-dukun, informal 1st possessive dukunku, impolite 2nd possessive dukunmu, 3rd possessive dukunnya)

1. shaman (traditional healer)

Synonyms

• bomoh
• pawang

Descendants

• ? Min Nan: ?? (ló-kun)
  • ? English: lokun
• ? English: dukun

Further reading

• “dukun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

English

Alternative forms

• suk?n

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (suk?n).

Noun

sukun (plural sukuns)

1. A diacritic (???) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

Translations

See also

• fatha (fat?a)
• kasra
• damma (?amma)
• shadda (šadda)
• tashkil (tašk?l)

Anagrams

• Nukus

Bragat

Noun

súkun

1. water

Further reading

• D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea, Oceanic Linguistics, volume 7, numéro 1 (Summer, 1968), pages 36-66, page 41

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.kun/

Noun

sukun

1. breadfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus altilis

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English school.

Noun

sukun

1. school

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /sukon/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /suk?n/
• Rhymes: -ukon, -kon, -on

Noun

sukun (Jawi spelling ??????, plural sukun-sukun, informal 1st possessive sukunku, impolite 2nd possessive sukunmu, 3rd possessive sukunnya)

1. breadfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus altilis

   Synonym: kulur

Further reading

• “sukun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sakizaya

Noun

sukun

1. skirt