heulang

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese hĕlaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Javanic *həlaŋ ~ *qəlaŋ, from Austroasiatic (cf. Proto-Austroasiatic *klaːŋ, Bahnar klang, Pacoh calang, Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kalâng and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ.).[1]</ref> Cognate with Indonesian elang, Madurese lang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɯ.laŋ/

Noun

heulang (Sundanese script ᮠᮩᮜᮀ)

  1. eagle (bird of prey)

References

  1. ^ Mahdi, Waruno (2024) “Austroasiatic loanwords in Austronesian languages”, in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia‎[1], volume 25, number 3, article 3, →DOI, pages 371–414

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