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Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p(ə)laŋi/
- Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi
Noun
pelangi
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pelangi,
Pronunciation
Noun
pelangi
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
- Synonym: kuwung-kuwung
- (figuratively) colorful (diverse colors)
- (figuratively) colorful cloth or shawl
- (figuratively) colorful fish
Derived terms
Compounds
Noun
pelangi
- (zoology) Rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris)
- Synonyms: ular mengiang, ular pelangi
References
- ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
- ^ Yus Badudu (2003) Kamus kata-kata serapan asing dalam bahasa Indonesia [Dictionary of foreign loanwords in Indonesian] (in Indonesian), →ISBN, page 26: “apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Yun) Ling penghilangan bunyi pd akhir kata, msl pelangi (dr pelangit), presiden (dr president) ― apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Gre) Ling ellision of sound at the end of a word, for example pelangi (from pelangit), presiden (from president)”
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Related to pelang ("striped"), doublet of belang. [1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pelangi (Jawi spelling ڤلاڠي, plural pelangi-pelangi, informal 1st possessive pelangiku, 2nd possessive pelangimu, 3rd possessive pelanginya)
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
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