pelangi

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p(ə)laŋi/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi

Noun

pelangi

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pelangi,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəlaŋi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋi, -ŋi, -i
  • Hyphenation: pê‧la‧ngi

Noun

pelangi

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
    Synonym: kuwung-kuwung
  2. (figuratively) colorful (diverse colors)
  3. (figuratively) colorful cloth or shawl
  4. (figuratively) colorful fish

Derived terms

  • berpelangi
  • pemelangian

Compounds

  • pelangi bulan
  • pelangi kabut
  • pelangi kecil
  • pelangi utama
  • ular pelangi (rainbow snake)

Noun

pelangi

  1. (zoology) Rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris)
    Synonyms: ular mengiang, ular pelangi

References

  1. cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
  2. Yus Badudu (2003) Kamus kata-kata serapan asing dalam bahasa Indonesia [Dictionary of foreign loanwords in Indonesian] (in Indonesian), →ISBN, page 26:apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Yun) Ling penghilangan bunyi pd akhir kata, msl pelangi (dr pelangit), presiden (dr president)apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Gre) Ling ellision of sound at the end of a word, for example pelangi (from pelangit), presiden (from president)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Related to pelang ("striped"), doublet of belang. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəlaŋi/
  • Rhymes: -aŋi, -ŋi, -i
  • (file)

Noun

pelangi (Jawi spelling ڤلاڠي, plural pelangi-pelangi, informal 1st possessive pelangiku, 2nd possessive pelangimu, 3rd possessive pelanginya)

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pelangi

References

  1. cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467

Further reading

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