terung

Brooke's Point Palawano

Noun

terung

1. eggplant; aubergine (fruit of the plant)

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.ˈrʊŋ/

Noun

terung

1. eggplant; brinjal; aubergine (Solanum melongena) (fruit of the plant)

Indonesian

terung

Alternative forms

• terong (Java)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay terung (compare to Javanese ꦠꦺꦫꦺꦴꦁ (térong)), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.ˈrʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -rʊŋ, -ʊŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: tê‧rung

Noun

têrung (plural terung-terung, first-person possessive terungku, second-person possessive terungmu, third-person possessive terungnya)

1. eggplant; brinjal; aubergine (Solanum melongena) (fruit of the plant)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• terung bali (“Solanum cyphopersicum”)
• terung belanda (“Cyphomandra betacea; tamarillo”)
• terung hitam (“Solanum nigrum”)
• tua-tua terung asam

Further reading

• “terung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”) (compare Cebuano talong, tawong, Javanese térong, Tagalog talong, Brooke's Point Palawano terung).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tə.roŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tə.rʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -roŋ, -oŋ

Noun

terung (Jawi spelling تروڠ, plural terung-terung, informal 1st possessive terungku, 2nd possessive terungmu, 3rd possessive terungnya)

1. aubergine, brinjal, eggplant; plant belonging to the family Solanaceae and genus Solanum that produces edible fruits

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• terung ungu (“Solanum melongena; eggplant; aubergine”)
• terung hitam (“Solanum nigrum”)
• terung asam (“Solanum ferox”)
• terung bali (“Solanum cyphopersicum”)
• terung belanda (“Solanum aculeatissimum”)
• terung pipit (“Solanum torvum”)
• tua-tua terung asam, makin tua selera makin tajam

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ترڠ tĕrong”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 77
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ترڠ tĕrong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 162
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tĕrong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 578-9

Further reading

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