alaṅ

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.laŋ/
  • Rhymes: -laŋ
  • Hyphenation: a‧laṅ

Root

alaṅ

  1. Alternative spelling of halaṅ (“across”)
  2. thick grass

Derived terms

Noun

alaṅ

  1. Alternative spelling of halaṅ (“weapon”)

Further reading

  • "alaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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