Indonesian

Noun

nyamuk

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

Malay

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).

Alternative forms

• ڽاموق

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nyamuk ‎(Jawi spelling ڽاموق)

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