serangga

From Malay serangga, from Sanskrit सारङ्ग (sāraṅga, “bee”, literally “spotted, varigated”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈraŋɡa/ [səˈraŋ.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: se‧rang‧ga

sêrangga (plural serangga-serangga)

1. insect

   Synonyms: (both technical) insek, insekta

   Hypernym: artropoda

• “serangga”, 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

Borrowed from Sanskrit सारङ्ग (sāraṅga, “bee”, literally “spotted, varigated”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /səˈraŋɡə/ [səˈraŋ.ɡə]
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -ɡə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /səˈraŋɡa/ [səˈraŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa, -ɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: se‧rang‧ga

serangga (Jawi spelling سرڠݢ, plural serangga-serangga)

1. insect^[1]

   Hypernym: artropod

• > Indonesian: serangga (inherited)

• “serangga”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

serangga (Sundanese script ᮞᮨᮛᮀᮌ)

1. insect