amaun
Malay
Etymology
Category:Malay terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AMAUNCategory:Malay terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (stand out)#AMAUNBorrowed from EnglishCategory:Malay terms borrowed from English#AMAUNCategory:Malay terms derived from English#AMAUN amount, from Middle EnglishCategory:Malay terms derived from Middle English#AMAUN amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old FrenchCategory:Malay terms derived from Old French#AMAUN amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from LatinCategory:Malay terms derived from Latin#AMAUN ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
- (English-based) IPA(key): [ə.ma.un]Category:Malay 3-syllable words#AMAUNCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#AMAUN
- (Standard Literary) IPA(key): [a.ma.un]Category:Malay 3-syllable words#AMAUNCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#AMAUN
- Rhymes: -aun, -unCategory:Rhymes:Malay/aun#AMAUNCategory:Rhymes:Malay/un#AMAUNCategory:Rhymes:Malay/un/3 syllables#AMAUN
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧un
Noun
amaun (Jawi spelling اماءون, uncountable)Category:Malay lemmas#AMAUNCategory:Malay nouns#AMAUNCategory:Malay uncountable nouns#AMAUNCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AMAUNCategory:Pages with entries#AMAUNCategory:Pages with 1 entry#AMAUN
- A quantity of something; an amount.
- Synonym: jumlah
- amaun bahan ― amount of materialCategory:Malay terms with usage examples#AMAUN
Further reading
- "amaun" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017