Wiktionary

pelangi

Brunei Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /p(ə)laŋi/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi

Noun edit

pelangi

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay pelangi,

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pəlaŋi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋi, -ŋi, -i
  • Hyphenation: pê‧la‧ngi

Noun edit

pelangi

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
    Synonym: kuwung-kuwung
  2. (figuratively) colorful (diverse colors)
  3. (figuratively) colorful cloth or shawl
  4. (figuratively) colorful fish

Derived terms edit

Compounds edit

Noun edit

pelangi

  1. (zoology) Rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris)
    Synonyms: ular mengiang, ular pelangi

References edit

  1. ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
  2. ^
    2003, Yus Badudu, Kamus kata-kata serapan asing dalam bahasa Indonesia [Dictionary of foreign loanwords 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 edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Related to pelang ("striped"), doublet of belang. [1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pelangi (Jawi spelling ڤلاڠي, plural pelangi-pelangi, informal 1st possessive pelangiku, 2nd possessive pelangimu, 3rd possessive pelanginya)

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: pelangi

References edit

  1. ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467

Further reading edit

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