pelantar

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of peng +‎ lantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlan.tar/
• Hyphenation: pê‧lan‧tar

Noun

pelantar (plural para pelantar; pelantar-pelantar, first-person possessive pelantarku, second-person possessive pelantarmu, third-person possessive pelantarnya)

1. a tall seat
2. the part of the house with a high floor that is used for drying clothes
3. a ladders for painting buildings
4. platform
5. (obsolete) intermediary

   Synonym: perantara

Further reading

• “pelantar” 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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *pa(n)tar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.lan.tar/

Noun

pĕlantar (Jawi spelling ڤلنتر, plural pelantar-pelantar, informal 1st possessive pelantarku, 2nd possessive pelantarmu, 3rd possessive pelantarnya)

1. platform; rig

Descendants

• Indonesian: pelantar

References

• "pelantar" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “pelantar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.