kalong

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong).

Noun

kalong (plural kalongs)

  1. A fruit bat, especially the Indian edible fruit bat or black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus).

Alternative forms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “kalong”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kalong, from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong). Doublet of keluang.

Noun

kalong (plural kalong-kalong, first-person possessive kalongku, second-person possessive kalongmu, third-person possessive kalongnya)

  1. megabat (animal)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

kalong

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong). Doublet of keluang.

Pronunciation

Noun

kalong (Jawi spelling کالوڠ)

  1. (Batavian Malay) A fruit bat or megabat.
    Synonym: keluang

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kalong

Further reading

  • “kalong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 (1901) A Malay-English dictionary‎, Kelly & Walsh Ltd, retrieved 5 November 2024, page 497
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