dalang
See also: daláng
Dharug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cala.
Noun edit
dalang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay dalang, from Classical Malay دالڠ (dalang), from Old Javanese ḍalaṅ (“puppeteer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dalang
Affixed terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dalang” 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.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Old Javanese ḍalaṅ (“puppeteer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dalang (Jawi spelling دالڠ, plural dalang-dalang, informal 1st possessive dalangku, 2nd possessive dalangmu, 3rd possessive dalangnya)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pedalang [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
- pedalangan [passive / name of profession + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (pe- + -an)
- mendalang [agent focus] (meN-)
- mendalangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- mendalangi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- didalang [patient focus] (di-)
- didalangkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- didalangi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: dalang
Further reading edit
- “dalang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay jarang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀaŋ.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdalaŋ/, [ˈda.lɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -alaŋ
- Syllabification: da‧lang
Noun edit
dalang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜅ᜔)
- infrequency; rarity; scarcity; sparseness (of visits, houses, hair, people, etc.)
- Synonyms: pagkabihira, kabihiraan, kadalangan, pagkamadalang
- slowness; sluggishness (such as one's heartbeat)
- condition of being set far apart then usual
- Synonyms: pagkalayo-layo, pagkahiwa-hiwalay
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “dalang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018