baṭaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. Doublet of wataṅ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.taŋ/
  • Rhymes: -taŋ
  • Homophones: bataṅ, baṭaṅ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ṭaṅ

Noun

baṭaṅ

  1. a measure of capacity
  2. corpse

Derived terms

  • babaṭaṅ

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "baṭaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.