kilang

kilang

1. tree

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

• kelang

From Malay kilang.

• Sense of refinery is a semantic loan from Dutch raffinaderij (“refinery”).

• IPA^(key): /kilaŋ/
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

kilang (plural kilang-kilang)

1. mill, the grinding apparatus or the building housing such a grinding apparatus

   Synonym: penggilingan

2. manufacturing plant, factory

   Synonym: pabrik

3. refinery: a building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals

kilang

1. to mill

• “kilang” 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.

kilang

1. romanization of ꦏꦶꦭꦁ

From Javanese ꦏꦶꦭꦁ (kilang), probably related to giling (“to roll, to grind”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Sense of factory is a semantic loan from English mill.

• IPA^(key): /kilaŋ/
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

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kilang (Jawi spelling کيلڠ, plural kilang-kilang)

1. (Riau, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) factory, mill, plant (manufacturing place)

   Synonyms: loji, pabrik (dialects in Malay areas of Indonesia)

2. mill, the grinding apparatus or the building housing such a grinding apparatus.
3. (archaic) millstone, roller component of said apparatus.

   Synonym: kilangan

4. (obsolete) drink made from extraction of sugar cane using said device.

• kelang

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کيلڠ kilang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek‎^[2], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 97
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کيلڠ kelang”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[3], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 556
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kelang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[4], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 533

• “kilang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kilang

1. to reflect (light)

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

• IPA^(key): /ki.ˈlaŋ/, [ki.ˈlaŋ]

kilang

1. tree