nyamuk

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nyamuk, from Proto-Malayic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk.

Noun

nyamuk (plural nyamuk-nyamuk, first-person possessive nyamukku, second-person possessive nyamukmu, third-person possessive nyamuknya)

  1. mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ñamuk (compare Banjarese nyamuk), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, *lamuk (compare Acehnese jamok, Buginese namok, Chamorro ñamu, Javanese lemut, Tagalog lamok, Fijian namu, Samoan namu).

Pronunciation

Noun

nyamuk (Jawi spelling ڽاموق)

  1. mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
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