kelenteng

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese klenthéng (ꦏ꧀ꦭꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦁ),

• From Hokkien 觀音亭／观音亭, compound of 觀音／观音 (koan-im, “Guanyin”) +‎ 亭 (têng, “pavilion”).
• Affixed ke- +‎ *lenteng, from Hokkien 禮堂／礼堂 (lé-tn̂g, “assembly hall”, literally “rite hall”), a type of Confucian temple.

Compare Tagalog kulintang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kələnˈtɛŋ]
• Hyphenation: kê‧lên‧tèng

Noun

kêlêntèng (plural kelenteng-kelenteng, first-person possessive kelentengku, second-person possessive kelentengmu, third-person possessive kelentengnya)

1. Chinese temple
2. bell-like sound

Further reading

• “kelenteng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.