Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɲamoʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɲamʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -amoʔ, -moʔ, -oʔ