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English
Noun
lotong (plural lotongs)
- Alternative form of lutung
Anagrams
Amis
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ.
Noun
lotong
- monkey
References
“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
Basay
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ.
Noun
lotong
- monkey
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
lotong (Jawi spelling لوتوڠ, plural lotong-lotong, informal 1st possessive lotongku, 2nd possessive lotongmu, 3rd possessive lotongnya)
- lutung: any of a group of Old World monkeys making up the genus Trachypithecus
- surili: a small Old World monkey of the genus Presbytis
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
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Descendants
Adjective
lotong (Jawi spelling لوتوڠ)
- black (absorbing all light)
- Synonyms: aswad, bolong, hitam, langking
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