gedong

Unadapted borrowing from Old Javanese gĕḍoṅ (“stone building”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡədoŋ/

gedong (Balinese script ᬕᭂᬤᭀᬂ)

1. (andap) building

   Synonym: (kasar) bale

2. (andap) (walled) shrine

• → Indonesian: gedong

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦣꦺꦴꦁ (gedhong, “building”), from Old Javanese gĕḍoṅ (“stone building”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡədɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ
• Hyphenation: ge‧dong

gedong

1. building

   Hyponym: perdiping

   Tu gedong kapan dibangun yè?

   When was that building built?

2. (by extension) skyscraper

• → Indonesian: gedong

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “gedong”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 132

Unadapted borrowing from Betawi gedong, from Javanese ꦒꦼꦣꦺꦴꦁ (gedhong, “building”), from Old Javanese gĕḍoṅ (“stone building”). Doublet of gedung.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdoŋ/ [ɡəˈdoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: ge‧dong

gêdong (plural gedong-gedong)

1. (colloquial, uncommon) building

   Synonyms: bangunan, gedung

2. (colloquial, rare) skyscraper

   Synonyms: gedung pencakar langit, pencakar langit

3. Balinese style building in the shape of shrinking upwards, thatched with alang-alang or palm fiber

• gudang (“warehouse”)

From gede +‎ -ong.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡedoŋ/ [ˈɡe.dɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -edoŋ
• Syllabification: ge‧dong

gédong (comparative lebih gedong, superlative paling gedong)

1. (gay slang) big

   Synonyms: gede, agung, besar

• “gedong” 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.

Ultimately from Old Sundanese gĕḍoṅ (“stone building”).

gedong

1. building, skyscraper