amaun
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English amount, from Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
- (English-based) IPA(key): [ə.ma.un]
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- (Baku) IPA(key): [a.ma.un]
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- Rhymes: -aun, -un
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧un
Noun
amaun (Jawi spelling اماءون)
Further reading
- “amaun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.