belanga
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay belanga, from Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (“shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈlaŋa/ [bəˈla.ŋa]
- Rhymes: -aŋa
- Syllabification: be‧la‧nga
Noun
bêlanga (plural belanga-belanga)
- (cooking) cauldron, earthenware cooking pot
- Synonym: kuali
Derived terms
- sebelanga
Further reading
- “belanga”, 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
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (“shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈlaŋa/ [bəˈla.ŋa]
Noun
belanga (plural belanga-belanga)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “belanga”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI