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Indonesian
Etymology
From Portuguese palanquim, from Odia ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki), ultimately from Sanskrit पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka, “bed, couch, bedstead”), from परि (pari, “around, about”) + अङ्कस् (aṅkas, “bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pê‧lang‧kin
Noun
pelangkin (plural pelangkin-pelangkin, first-person possessive pelangkinku, second-person possessive pelangkinmu, third-person possessive pelangkinnya)
- (archaic) palanquin.
- Synonyms: kio, tandu
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