rumah panjang
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of rumah (“house”) + panjang (“long”), from Malay rumah panjang.
Noun
rumah panjang (first-person possessive rumah panjangku, second-person possessive rumah panjangmu, third-person possessive rumah panjangnya)
- longhouse (especially that of the traditional ethnic groups of Borneo)
- (uncommon) brothel
- Synonyms: bordil, rumah kuning, rumah pelacuran
Further reading
- “rumah panjang” 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru.mah pan.d͡ʒaŋ/
Noun
rumah panjang (Jawi spelling رومه ڤنجڠ, plural rumah-rumah panjang, informal 1st possessive rumah panjangku, 2nd possessive rumah panjangmu, 3rd possessive rumah panjangnya)
- longhouse (especially that of the traditional ethnic groups of Borneo)
- (uncommon) brothel
- Synonym: rumah pelacuran
Descendants
- Indonesian: rumah panjang
See also
- tuai rumah (“leader of a longhouse”)
Further reading
- “rumah panjang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "rumah panjang" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
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