lontar

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English

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A series of lontar strips threaded together with rope, surrounded by ornate drawings
A Singhalese lontar

Etymology

From Balinese lontar, Indonesian lontar, from Old Javanese rontal.

Noun

lontar (plural lontars or lontar)

  1. The palmyra or leaves of this tree as used for palm-leaf manuscripts in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
    • 1990, Fred B. Eiseman, Jr., Bali: Sekala and Niskala, Tuttle Publishing, page 128:
      The nature of these powers is written in the sacred palms leaf books, the lontars, in which all sacred Balinese writings are preserved.
    • 2000, Raechelle Rubinstein, Beyond the Realm of the Senses, page 26:
      The technology of lontar writing in Bali, on the other hand, has never severely impeded the circulation of texts.

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lon‧tar

Etymology 1

From Malay lontar.

Verb

lontar

  1. to throw.
    Synonym: lempar
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Etymology 2

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lontar tree
lontar manuscript

From Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦂ, ꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦭ꧀ (lontar, rontal), from Old Javanese lontar, rontar, rontal, compound of ron (“leaf”) +‎ tal, tala (“palm”), from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palm”).

Noun

lontar (uncountable)

  1. lontar:
    1. the tree (Borassus flabellifer).
      Synonym: siwalan
    2. the leaf
    3. the palm-leaf manuscript
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Javanese

Romanization

lontar

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦂ
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