palang

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English

Noun

palang (plural palangs)

  1. Synonym of ampallang (“type of genital piercing”)

Anagrams

Amis

Noun

palang

  1. crow

Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as peng- +‎ alang, halang (“to obstruct”), from Malay palang, from Old Javanese palaṅ (“crossbeam”), pa- +‎ alaṅ, halaṅ (“obstruct”) (compare Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”)). Doublet of pengalang and penghalang.

Pronunciation

Noun

palang (plural palang-palang)

  1. crossbeam, bar
  2. bolt, pawl.
  3. cross.

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

palang

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦭꦁ

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic پَلَنگ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پلنگ (palang)

Pronunciation

Noun

palang (definite accusative palangı, plural palanglar)

  1. leopard
  2. tiger
    Synonym: bəbr

Declension

Declension of palang
singular plural
nominative palang palanglar
genitive palangııñ palanglarııñ
dative palangqa palanglarqa
definite accusative palangı palangları
locative palangça palanglarça
ablative palangda palanglarda
instrumental palangla palanglarla
equative palangvâra palanglarvâra

References

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaŋ. Cognate with Iban palang, Kelabit palang and Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”).

Pronunciation

Noun

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ, plural palang-palang, informal 1st possessive palangku, 2nd possessive palangmu, 3rd possessive palangnya)

  1. A crossbar, crossbeam, crosspiece or bar.
    Synonym: sengkang
  2. cross (figure, post)
    Synonyms: sengkang, salib

Affixations

Compounds

Verb

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ)

  1. (transitive) To install a crossbar or crosspiece on something.
  2. (transitive) To mark a cross on something.

Affixations

Descendants

  • Indonesian: palang

Further reading

  • “palang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mokilese

Verb

palang

  1. (transitive) to dry clothes

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay parang.

Noun

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. a type of bolo; large knife; butcher's knife

Etymology 2

From univerbation of pa +‎ lang.

Adverb

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. just yet; only; still; only still
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