Standard Lemma guide

Sundanese

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /sʌndəˈniːz/
  • /sundəˈniːz/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language of the Sundanese people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Basa Sunda

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The abugida used to write the Sundanese language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Indonesian language spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Indonesian, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa

History

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 巽他的 (Xùntā de) — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Dutch: Soendanees — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Finnish: sundalainen — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • French: soundanais — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • French: soundanaise — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • German: sundanesisch — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Indonesian: Sunda — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Italian: sundanese — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Malay: Sunda — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Polish: sundajski — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Portuguese: sundanês — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Sundanese: Sunda — pertaining to the Sudanese people
  • Catalan: sondanès — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巽他語 /巽他语 (Xùntāyǔ) — language
  • Dutch: Soendanees — language
  • Finnish: sunda — language
  • French: soundanais — language
  • German: Sundanesisch — language
  • Japanese: スンダ語 (sunda-go) — language
  • Malay: bahasa Sunda — language
  • Malay: Sunda — language
  • Polish: sundajski — language
  • Portuguese: sundanês — language
  • Russian: сунданский (sundanskij) — language
  • Sundanese: Basa Sunda — language
  • Swedish: sundanesiska — language
  • Dutch: Soendanees — ethnic group member
  • French: Soundanais — ethnic group member
  • French: Soundanaise — ethnic group member
  • German: Sundanese — ethnic group member
  • German: Sundanesin — ethnic group member
  • Italian: sundanese — ethnic group member
  • Polish: Sundajczyk — ethnic group member
  • Portuguese: sundanês — ethnic group member
Real reading context

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