cikungunya
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism, borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃikuˈŋuɲa/ [t͡ʃi.kuˈŋu.ɲa]
Rhymes: -uɲa
Syllabification: ci‧ku‧ngu‧nya
=== Noun ===
cikungunya (plural cikungunya-cikungunya)
(medicine, pathology) chikungunya: a viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
Synonym: flu tulang
=== Further reading ===
“cikungunya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016