ꦲꦸꦫꦔꦸꦠꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese uraṅutan, wuraṅutan, from Old Malay urang hutan (equivalent to modern Malay orang (“person”) + hutan (“forest”)).[1]

Noun

ꦲꦸꦫꦔꦸꦠꦤ꧀ (urangutan)

  1. orangutan

References

  1. ^ Sastrawan, Wayan Jarrah (2020) “The word ‘orangutan’: Old Malay origin or European concoction?”, in Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, volume 176, number 4, →DOI, pages 532–541

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “urang utan”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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