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Indonesian
Etymology
Possibly ultimately onomatopoeic, possibly related to Hokkien 玲瓏鼕/玲珑冬, the rattle callled 玲瓏鼓/玲珑鼓. Compare Tagalog kulintang. See also kelenteng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlɔntɔŋ/
- Hyphenation: kê‧lón‧tóng
Noun
kêlóntóng (first-person possessive kelontongku, second-person possessive kelontongmu, third-person possessive kelontongnya)
- grocery
- hawker
- peddler
- hawker's rattle
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