telanjang
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay telanjang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tilanzaŋ.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /təˈland͡ʒaŋ/ [t̪əˈlaɲ.d͡ʒaŋ]
- Rhymes: -and͡ʒaŋ
- Syllabification: te‧lan‧jang
Adjective
têlanjang (comparative lebih telanjang, superlative paling telanjang)
- naked, not wearing any clothes
Derived terms
Affixations
- bertelanjang (“to be naked”)
- ketelanjangan (“nakedness”)
- menelanjangi (“to make naked”)
- menelanjangkan (“to make naked”)
- penelanjangan (“the act of making naked”)
Compounds
- telanjang bulat (“stark naked, butt-naked”)
- telanjang dada (“topless, barechested”)
- telanjang loncos (“stark naked, butt-naked”)
Further reading
- “telanjang” 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
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tilanzaŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈland͡ʒaŋ/ [t̪əˈlaɲ.d͡ʒaŋ]
- Rhymes: -and͡ʒaŋ, -d͡ʒaŋ, -aŋ
- Hyphenation: te‧lan‧jang
Adjective
telanjang (Jawi spelling تلنجڠ)
- naked, not wearing any clothes
Derived terms
- bertelanjang
- menelanjangi
- menelanjangkan
Descendants
- > Indonesian: telanjang (inherited)
- > North Moluccan Malay: talanjang (inherited)
- → Thai: ล่อนจ้อน (lɔ̂n-jɔ̂n)
Further reading
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tilanzaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- “telanjang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.