orangutan
English
editAlternative forms
edit- orang-utan, orang-outang, ourang-outang, orangoutang, orang utan, orangutang
- (rare) ourang outang, orang-outan, ourangoutang, orang-utang, ourang-outan, oran-outang, orang-otang, orangoutan, orangotang, orang-otan, uran-utan, oran-otan, orang-hutan
Etymology
editFrom 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): /əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæn/, /əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæŋ/[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
editorangutan (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)
- → Korean: 오랑우탄 (orang'utan)
- → Polish: orangutan
- → Russian: орангутан (orangutan), орангутанг (orangutang)
- → Armenian: օրանգուտան (ōrangutan)
- → Ingrian: orang-utan
- → 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
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References
edit- ^ https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/176/4/article-p532_5.xml?language=en
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “orangutan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [u.ɾəŋ.ɡuˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾəŋ.ɡuˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾaŋ.ɡuˈtan]
Noun
editorangutan m (plural orangutans)
Further reading
edit- “orangutan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editorangutan m anim
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
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
editFurther reading
editItalian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun
editorangutan m (invariable)
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English orangutan.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editorangutan m animal
Declension
editsingular | 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
editRomanian
editNoun
editorangutan m (plural orangutani)
- Alternative form of urangutan
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | orangutan | orangutanul | orangutani | orangutanii | |
genitive-dative | orangutan | orangutanului | orangutani | orangutanilor | |
vocative | orangutanule | orangutanilor |
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editorangùtān m (Cyrillic spelling орангу̀та̄н)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | orangutan | orangutani |
genitive | orangutana | orangutana |
dative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
accusative | orangutana | orangutane |
vocative | orangutane | orangutani |
locative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
instrumental | orangutanom | orangutanima |
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish اورانغوتان (orangutan), from French orangoutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun
editorangutan
Declension
editReferences
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “orangutan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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