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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhelaŋ/
- IPA(key): /ˈʔelaŋ/ (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: he‧lang
Noun
hélang (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
- Misspelling of hilang.
Malay
Etymology
From Austroasiatic. Compare Bahnar klang, Pacoh calang, Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese kalâng and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ. Doublet of elang and lang.
The second sense originated from a comment made by the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris: "Kau jangan lupa helang dan pipit terbang tak sama tinggi" (You better not forget that the eagle and the pipit cannot fly on the same height).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
helang (Jawi spelling هلڠ, plural helang-helang, informal 1st possessive helangku, 2nd possessive helangmu, 3rd possessive helangnya)
- eagle (Any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)
- (derogatory, slang, politics) a corrupt politician or an elite person.
Descendants
References
- ^ “'Helang, pipit terbang tak sama tinggi' - Media sosial kecoh hantaran TMJ”, in Malaysiakini (in Malay), 2019 June 6, archived from the original on 22 October 2021
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “هلڠ hĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 686
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 403
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