lelang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lelong, from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic الإِعْلَام (al-ʔiʕlām, “notice, instruction”). Influenced by Javanese lelang (ꦭꦺꦭꦁ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛlaŋ/
• Hyphenation: lè‧lang

Noun

lèlang (first-person possessive lelangku, second-person possessive lelangmu, third-person possessive lelangnya)

1. auction (public sales event)

Alternative forms

• lelong (Standard Malay)
• lelung

Derived terms

• lelangan
• melelang
• melelangkan
• memperlelangkan
• pelelang
• pelelangan
• perlelangan
• terlelang

 

Further reading

• “lelang” 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.

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish abuela +‎ -ng or Hokkien 老人 (lāu-lâng). Compare ninang, ninong, nana, tata.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlelaŋ/ [ˈlɛ.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -elaŋ
• Syllabification: le‧lang

Noun

lelang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. grandmother

   Synonyms: lola, impo, (dialectal) inana, (archaic) abwela, (archaic) agwela

Coordinate terms

• lelong

 

Derived terms

• lelang-tanda

Further reading

• “lelang” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “lelang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5