telang

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay telang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə.ˈlaŋ/
• Rhymes: -laŋ
• Hyphenation: tê‧lang

Noun

telang (plural telang-telang, first-person possessive telangku, second-person possessive telangmu, third-person possessive telangnya)

1. very thin reed, usually used for cooking lemang and usually woven into walls
2. (botany) giant clumping bamboos (Gigantochloa).
3. (botany) Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea, or Darwin pea (Clitoria ternatea).
4. strip

Derived terms

• bertelang-telang

 

• bambu telang
• biru telang
• bunga telang

 

Further reading

• “telang” 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.

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtelaŋ]

Noun

telang (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨒ)

1. (anatomy) vagina