orangutan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- orang-utan, orang-outang, ourang-outang, orangoutang, orang utan
- (rare) orangutang, ourang outang, orang-outan, ourangoutang, orang-utang, ourang-outan, oran-outang, orang-otang, orangoutan, orangotang, orang-otan, uran-utan, oran-otan, orang-hutan
Etymology edit
From Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”); literally, "forest man". Other names for the animal are mawas and mayas.
The name orangutan has been used in Old Javanese texts, notably in Rāmāyaṇa and in Smaradahana in the form of uraŋutan and wuraŋutan. The usage of the word to refer to the apes in these texts opposes the belief of the name orangutan originating from a European source.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæn/, /ˌɔː.ɹæŋˈuː.tæn/[2]
- (UK, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɔəˌɹæŋuːˈtæn/, /ˌɔə.ɹæŋˈuː.tæn/[3]
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/, /ɔˈɹæŋ.ʊˌtæn/, /oʊˈɹæŋ-/[4]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - (AUS) IPA(key): /əˈɹæŋˌə.tɛːŋ/, /əˈɹæŋˌə.tæŋ/
Noun edit
orangutan (plural orangutans)
- Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo; Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo, Pongo abelii of Sumatra or Pongo tapanuliensis of South Tapanuli (in Sumatra).
Usage notes edit
- Formerly considered a single species.
- First described scientifically in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as Homo Sylvestris.
- Renamed Simia pygmaeus in 1760 by his student Christian Emmanuel Hopp, then placed in Pongo by Lacépède in 1799.
- From 1996, divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus, with three subspecies) and the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
- The third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), was identified definitively in 2017.
Derived terms edit
- Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)
- Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: orangutan
- → Czech: orangutan
- → Faroese: orangutang (perhaps via another European language)
- → French: orang-outan, ourang-outang
- → Romanian: urangutan
- → German: Orang-Utan
- → Greek: ουρακοτάγκος (ourakotágkos)
- → Hungarian: orangután
- → Italian: orangutan, orango
- → Japanese: オランウータン (oran'ūtan)
- → Polish: orangutan
- → Russian: орангутан (orangutan), орангутанг (orangutang)
- → Armenian: օրանգուտան (ōrangutan)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: орангу̀та̄н
- Latin script: orangùtān
- → Sicilian: rangutanu
- → Spanish: orangután
- → Galician: orangután
- → Swedish: orangutang
- → Thai: อุรังอุตัง (ù-rang-ù-dtang)
- → Turkish: orangutan
Translations edit
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References edit
- ^ https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/176/4/article-p532_5.xml?language=en
- ^ “orangutan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “orangutan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.ɾəŋ.ɡuˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾəŋ.ɡuˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [o.ɾaŋ.ɡuˈtan]
Noun edit
orangutan m (plural orangutans)
Further reading edit
- “orangutan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orangutan m anim
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | orangutan | orangutani |
genitive | orangutana | orangutanů |
dative | orangutanovi, orangutanu | orangutanům |
accusative | orangutana | orangutany |
vocative | orangutane | orangutani |
locative | orangutanovi, orangutanu | orangutanech |
instrumental | orangutanem | orangutany |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun edit
orangutan m (invariable)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orangutan m animal
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | orangutan | orangutany |
genitive | orangutana | orangutanów |
dative | orangutanowi | orangutanom |
accusative | orangutana | orangutany |
instrumental | orangutanem | orangutanami |
locative | orangutanie | orangutanach |
vocative | orangutanie | orangutany |
Descendants edit
- → Kashubian: orangùtan
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Noun edit
orangutan m (plural orangutani)
- Alternative form of urangutan
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) orangutan | orangutanul | (niște) orangutani | orangutanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) orangutan | orangutanului | (unor) orangutani | orangutanilor |
vocative | orangutanule | orangutanilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orangùtān m (Cyrillic spelling орангу̀та̄н)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | orangutan | orangutani |
genitive | orangutana | orangutana |
dative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
accusative | orangutana | orangutane |
vocative | orangutane | orangutani |
locative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
instrumental | orangutanom | orangutanima |
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish اورانغوتان (orangutan), from French orangoutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun edit
orangutan
Declension edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “orangutan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük