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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kaleng, from Portuguese calaim, from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “tin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ka‧lèng
Noun
kaleng (plural kaleng-kaleng, first-person possessive kalengku, second-person possessive kalengmu, third-person possessive kalengnya)
- can
- (dialect) tin (metal, element)
- Synonyms: timah, stanum
- (dialect) tin-plate
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Portuguese calaim via Dutch, from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “tin”); possibly also from association with and ellipsis of batu kalang (“layer of unmineable solid rock”).
Noun
kaleng (Jawi spelling کاليڠ, plural kaleng-kaleng, informal 1st possessive kalengku, 2nd possessive kalengmu, 3rd possessive kalengnya)
- tin (metal, element)
- Synonyms: timah, stanum
- tin-plate
- can
- Synonyms: kupi, tin
Descendants
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کالڠ kalang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 75
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کالڠ kaling”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 497
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kaleng”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 499
Further reading