terung

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay terung

Noun

terung

1. eggplant; aubergine (fruit of the plant)

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay terung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈrʊŋ/

Noun

terung

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈruŋ/ [t̪əˈruŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: te‧rung

Noun

têrung

1. (formal or dialectal) Alternative form of terong (“eggplant, aubergine”)

Malay

Alternative forms

• tarong (obsolete)
• tĕrong (1924-1972)

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ, *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”)

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

Descendants

• Indonesian: terung
• → Brooke's Point Palawano: terung
• → Cebuano: talong, tawong
• → Hiligaynon: talong
• → Iban: terung
• → Javanese: térong
• → Tagalog: talong
• → Waray-Waray: tarong

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.