I. |səndə|nēz, -ēs adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Malay Sunda western Java + English -nese (as in Chinese )
1. : of, relating, or belonging to the Sundanese or their language
2.
[ Sunda isles, islands of the Malay archipelago + English -nese (as in Chinese )]
: inhabiting or native to the Sunda isles
II. noun
( plural sundanese )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : one of the people of western Java
2. : the Austronesian language of the Sundanese people