lenting
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /lənˈtiŋ/ [lən̪ˈt̪iŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Syllabification: len‧ting
Adjective
lênting (comparative lebih lenting, superlative paling lenting)
Verb
lênting
- to rebound (to bounceback from a force)
- Synonym: mengenyal
- to bend, to flex, to wrinkle, to shrivel (to deform any object)
- Synonym: bergelung
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- melenting [agent focus] (meN-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- kursi lenting (“ejection seat”)
Noun
lênting (plural lenting-lenting) (sound)
Further reading
- Alan M. Stevens, A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010) A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary[1], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN
- “lenting” 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.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /lənˈteŋ/ [lən̪ˈt̪eŋ]
- Rhymes: -eŋ
- (Baku) IPA(key): /lənˈtiŋ/ [lən̪ˈt̪iŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Hyphenation: len‧ting
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Verb
lĕnting (Jawi spelling لنتيڠ)[1]
- to rebound (to bounceback from a force)
- Synonyms: anjal, bingkas, memantul, mengenyal
- to dart, to zip (of fast movement)
- to bend, to flex, to wrinkle, to shrivel (to deform any object)
- Synonyms: bergelung, melentur, menggelenting
- (figurative) to be angry, to be mad
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pelenting [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
- lentingan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- melenting [agent focus] (meN-)
- melentingkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- kerusi lenting (“ejection seat”)
- melenting-lenting (“to dart repeatedly; to zip repeatedly”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: lenting (inherited)
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
lĕnting (Jawi spelling لنتيڠ, plural lenting-lenting)[2] (sound)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: lenting (inherited)
References
- ^ "lenting" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- ^ Wilkinson, R. J. (1901) “لنتڠ lĕnting”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited
Further reading
- “lenting” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.