palang

palang (plural palangs)

1. Synonym of ampallang (“type of genital piercing”).

• Nagpal

palang

1. crow

From Malay palang, from Old Javanese palaṅ (“crossbeam”), pa- +‎ alaṅ, halaṅ (“obstruct”) (compare Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”)). Equivalent to peng- +‎ alang, halang (“to obstruct”). Doublet of pengalang and penghalang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpalaŋ/ [ˈpa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: pa‧lang

palang (plural palang-palang)

1. crossbeam, bar
2. bolt, pawl
3. cross

• “palang” 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.

palang

1. romanization of ꦥꦭꦁ

• pələng

Borrowed from Persian پلنگ (palang)

• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [palaŋɡ̊]

palang (definite accusative palangı, plural palanglar)

1. leopard
2. tiger

   Synonym: bəbr

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaŋ. Cognate with Iban palang, Kelabit palang and Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”).

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

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ, plural palang-palang)

1. A crossbar, crossbeam, crosspiece or bar.

   Synonym: sengkang

2. cross (figure, post)

   Synonyms: sengkang, salib

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ)

1. (transitive) To install a crossbar or crosspiece on something.
2. (transitive) To mark a cross on something.

• Indonesian: palang

• “palang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

palang

1. (transitive) to dry clothes

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlaŋ/ [pɐˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: pa‧lang

Borrowed from Malay parang.

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔)

1. a type of bolo; large knife; butcher's knife

From univerbation of pa +‎ lang.

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

1. just yet; only; still; only still