bantal
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bantal/
- Hyphenation: ban‧tal
Noun
bantal
- pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)
Hyponyms
- bantal paluk (“bolster”)
References
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bantal, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbantal/ [ˈban̪.t̪al]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -antal
- Syllabification: ban‧tal
Noun
bantal (plural bantal-bantal)
- pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)
Derived terms
- bantal golek
- bantal guling
- bantal kampuh
- bantal kursi
- bantal menyusui
- bantal peang
- bantal peluk
- bantal seraga
- bantal sofa
- bantal suari
- bantal udara
Further reading
- “bantal” 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.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Javanese
| Javanese writing system | |
|---|---|
| Carakan | ꦧꦤ꧀ꦠꦭ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | |
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese bantal (“a bundle of cloth”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).
Noun
bantal (krama ngoko bantal)
References
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbantal/ [ˈban.t̪al]
- Rhymes: -antal, -ntal, -al
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).
Noun
bantal (Jawi spelling بنتل, plural bantal-bantal)
- pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)
- measurement of the amount of thread
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- bantal-bantal [reduplication] (redup)
- berbantal [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- berbantalkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- alas bantal (“pillowcase”)
- bantal budak (“child's pillow; a type of disease for woman who has just given birth”)
- bantal galang (“bolster; pillow”)
- bantal golek (“bolster”)
- bantal guling (“bolster”)
- bantal kepala (“pillow”)
- bantal lutut (“bolster”)
- bantal peluk (“bolster”)
- bantal sandar (“back pillow; neck pillow; wedge pillow”)
- bantal seraga (“embroidered round pillow”)
- bantal suari (“embroidered round pillow; square pillow with holes (as decoration);”)
- cermin bantal (“small mirror on embroidered round pillow”)
- lava bantal (“pillow lava”)
- salah bantal (“neckache after waking up from sleep”)
- sampul bantal (“pillow wrapping cloth”)
- sarung bantal (“pillowcase”)
- struktur bantal (“pillow-like structure”)
- susur bantal (“the side of pillow”)
- tikar bantal (“mat and pillow”)
- tutup bantal (“the tip of a pillow decorated with embroidery”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: bantal (inherited)
Etymology 2
Possibly from the clipping of ular danu berbantal.[1]
Noun
bantal (Jawi spelling بنتل, plural bantal-bantal)
- (Perak, obsolete) rainbow
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelangi
References
Further reading
- “bantal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Tiruray
Noun
bantal