Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier gelinggang, from Proto-Malayic *gAliŋgaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *galiŋgaŋ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gelenggang (Jawi spelling ݢليڠݢڠ)

  1. Cassia alata (a kind tree)
    Synonyms: daun kurap, daun kupang

Further reading

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  • gelenggang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*galiŋgaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI