belakang
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay belakang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balakaŋ (“hips”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈlakaŋ/ [bəˈla.kaŋ]
- Rhymes: -akaŋ
- Syllabification: be‧la‧kang
Noun
bêlakang (plural belakang-belakang)
- back (the rear of the body)
- Synonym: punggung
- back (that which is farthest away from the front)
- Synonym: balik
- following, ensuing, later
Derived terms
- belakangan
- berbelakang-belakangan
- keterbelakangan
- membelakang
- membelakangi
- membelakangkan
- memperbelakangkan
- mengebelakangkan
- pembelakangan
- terbelakang
- terkebelakang
- belakang hari
- belakang layar
- belakang tangan
Further reading
- “belakang” 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
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balakaŋ (“hips”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəlakaŋ/
- Rhymes: -akaŋ
- Hyphenation: be‧la‧kang
Noun
belakang (Jawi spelling بلاکڠ, plural belakang-belakang)
- (anatomy) back (the rear of body)
- Synonym: punggung
- back (that which is farthest away from the front)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Indonesian: belakang
Further reading
- “belakang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.