batang

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

• Hyphenation: ba‧tang
• IPA^(key): /baˈtaŋ/ [bɐˈt̪aŋ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪ɐŋ]

batáng or batang

1. log

batáng or batang

1. to lie prostrate
2. to keep in one place
3. to stay in one place permanently
4. to stick around

• pabatang (“kind of longline fishing”)

• atbang, tabang

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang

1. Principal member or part of class or thing.

   batang ai ― main river (with its tributaries)

   batang jalai ― main road

   batang kayu ― tree trunk

2. log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
3. (in compound) (major) river

batang (singular sebatang)

1. Numeral classifier for cylindrical objects.

• Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧tang

Inherited from Malay batang, from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

• Semantic loan from Banjarese for bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft.
• Semantic loan from Malay (Riau dialect) for ship steering link.
• Semantic loan from Bacanese Malay for a large collection of wood floating in the sea.
• Semantic loan from Central Malay for pantun verses in oral literature.

batang (plural batang-batang)

1. log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
2. staff, bar (any long, thin object)
3. branch (any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree)
4. (vulgar) shaft (the main cylindrical part of the penis)
5. (dialectal, Sumatra) river
6. bicycle frame

   Synonyms: kali, sungai

7. (dialect) bathing, washing and toilet areas on the river bank are made from large wooden beams tied together to resemble a raft
8. (dialect) ship steering link
9. (dialect) a large collection of wood floating in the sea
10. (dialect) pantun verses in oral literature

batang (singular sebatang)

1. used to count anything that has the shape similar to a bar or shaft

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ, from the same source as above, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang (plural batang-batang)

1. (archaic, dialect) corpse

   Synonyms: bangkai, mayat

• “batang” 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.

• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈbaː.tʌŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ataŋ
• IPA^(key): (adverb) /baˈtaŋ/ [bʌˈtʌŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧tang

bátang

1. pine tree

batáng

1. alternatively

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[2] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 25 September 2024
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “batang”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[3], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 73

• IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈba.t̪aŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

From Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang (Jawi spelling باتڠ, plural batang-batang)

1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches

   Synonym: balak

   1. (Bacan, dialect) a large collection of wood floating in the sea
2. a rod; a straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
   1. handle of a tool
   2. (vulgar) shaft (the main cylindrical part of the penis); ellipsis of batang zakar or batang pelir

      Synonyms: butuh, konek, kote, lemang (Malaysia, chiefly Internet, slang), pelir, zakar

3. a branch, any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

   Synonym: cabang

4. a river (large stream which drains a landmass)

   Synonym: sungai

5. (Riau, dialect) ship steering link
6. (Central Sumatra, dialect) pantun verses in oral literature

batang (singular sebatang)

1. classifier for log, rod or something like log or rod.

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”), from Old Javanese baṭaṅ (“corpse”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang (Jawi spelling باتڠ, plural batang-batang)

1. (archaic) corpse

   Synonym: mayat

Cognate of Balinese watang (“cause”), Javanese ꦧꦠꦁ (batang, “to answer”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

batang (used in the form membatang)

1. to read (say what is written)

   Synonym: baca

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “باتڠ batang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باتڠ batang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 74
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “batang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 89-90

• “batang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang

1. log
2. branch (of a tree)

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang

1. letter (of any alphabet)

batang

1. to perch, to alight

• batanga'
• batangan

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang

1. tree trunk, fallen tree, log
2. stem of a plant

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ. Doublet of catang.

batang (Sundanese script ᮘᮒᮀ)

1. the dead (corpse or carcass)
2. spear

• First sense only found in the term kurung batang.

• "batang" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• "BATANG", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbataŋ/ [ˈbaː.t̪ɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧tang

batang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔)

1. (dialectal, Marinduque) log (piece of wood)

   Synonyms: troso, kalap

• tabang, tab-ang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang

1. tree trunk
2. stalk

batang

1. letter (of an alphabet)
2. consonant (in the Arabic abjad)