helang

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelaŋ/ [ˈhe.l̪aŋ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔelaŋ/ [ˈʔe.l̪aŋ] (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: he‧lang

Noun

hélang (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. misspelling of hilang

Malay

Etymology

From Austroasiatic. Compare Bahnar klang, Pacoh calang, Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kalâng and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ. Doublet of elang and lang.

The second sense originated from a comment made by the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris: "Kau jangan lupa helang dan pipit terbang tak sama tinggi" (You better not forget that the eagle and the pipit cannot fly on the same height).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /həˈlaŋ/ [həˈlaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -əlaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: he‧lang

Noun

helang (Jawi spelling هلڠ, plural helang-helang)

  1. eagle (Any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)
  2. (derogatory, slang, politics) a corrupt politician or an elite person.

Descendants

  • → English: helang

References

  1. ^ “'Helang, pipit terbang tak sama tinggi' - Media sosial kecoh hantaran TMJ”, in Malaysiakini‎[1] (in Malay), 6 June 2019, archived from the original on 22 October 2021
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “هلڠ hĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 686
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 403

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