pelangi
Brunei Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p(ə)laŋi/
- Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi
Noun
pelangi
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
Indonesian
Etymology
- from pelang ("striped"), thus doublet of belang. [1]
- Apocope of pelangit, thus can be reconstructed as pe- + langit. [2]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəˈlaŋi/ [pəˈla.ŋi]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aŋi
- Syllabification: pe‧la‧ngi
Noun
pelangi
- rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
- Synonyms: bianglala, keluwung, kuwung-kuwung, teja
- (figuratively) colorful (diverse colors)
- (figuratively) colorful cloth or shawl
- (by extension) the rainbowfish (freshwater fish within the family Melanotaeniidae)
Derived terms
- berpelangi
- pemelangian
Compounds
- pelangi bulan
- pelangi kabut
- pelangi kecil
- pelangi utama
- ular pelangi (“rainbow snake”)
References
- ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
- ^ Yus Badudu (2003) Kamus kata-kata serapan asing dalam bahasa Indonesia [Dictionary of foreign loanwords in Indonesian] (in Indonesian), →ISBN, page 26: “apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Yun) Ling penghilangan bunyi pd akhir kata, msl pelangi (dr pelangit), presiden (dr president) ― apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Gre) Ling ellision of sound at the end of a word, for example pelangi (from pelangit), presiden (from president)”
Further reading
- “pelangi” 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
Etymology
Related to pelang (“striped”), doublet of belang. [1]
Pronunciation
- (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /pəˈlaŋi/ [pəˈla.ŋi]
Audio (Malaysia): (file) - Rhymes: -aŋi
- Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi
Noun
pelangi (Jawi spelling ڤلاڠي, plural pelangi-pelangi)
- rainbow[2] (multicoloured arch in the sky)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelangi
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- geng pelangi (“LGBT supporters and advocacy groups”)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: pelangi (inherited)
References
- ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
- ^ "pelangi" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Further reading
- “pelangi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.