kalong

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong).

kalong (plural kalongs)

1. (archaic) A fruit bat, especially the black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus).

• kalang

• “kalong”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Japanese ガロン (garon), from English gallon.

kalong

1. gallon

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong, “fruit bat”).

• IPA^(key): /kalɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ
• Hyphenation: ka‧long

kalong

1. fruit bat; flying fox (espcially of the Pteropus genus)

• →? Indonesian: kalong
• →? Malay: kalong

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976] “kalong”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 190

Borrowed from Betawi kalong, or directly from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong, “fruit bat”). Doublet of keluang.

kalong (plural kalong-kalong)

1. megabat (animal)

• kelelawar

• “kalong” 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.

kalong

1. romanization of ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ

Borrowed from Betawi kalong, or directly from Javanese ꦏꦭꦺꦴꦁ (kalong, “fruit bat”). Doublet of keluang.

• IPA^(key): [ka.loŋ]
• Rhymes: -loŋ, -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ka‧long

kalong (Jawi spelling کالوڠ)

1. (Batavian Malay) A fruit bat or megabat.

   Synonym: keluang

• “kalong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 (1901) A Malay-English dictionary‎^[1], Kelly & Walsh Ltd, retrieved 5 November 2024, page 497