telang

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay telang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tə.ˈlaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -laŋ
  • Hyphenation: tê‧lang

Noun

telang (plural telang-telang)

  1. very thin reed, usually used for cooking lemang and usually woven into walls
  2. (botany) giant clumping bamboos (Gigantochloa)
  3. (botany) Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea, or Darwin pea (Clitoria ternatea)
  4. strip

Derived terms

  • bertelang-telang

Further reading

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtelaŋ/, [ˈt̪ʰe.lãŋ]

Noun

telang (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨒ)

  1. (anatomy) vagina
  2. (vulgar) a bitch; bad girl

Affixations

  • nitelang-telang

Compounds

  • telang anrong
  • telang-telang karaeng

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill, →DOI