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Simalungun Batak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Batak *kələŋ.
Verb
[edit]holong
- to love
References
[edit]- Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 91.
Toba Batak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Batak *kələŋ.
Verb
[edit]holong
- to love
- Holong do rohangku di ho.
- I love you.
Usage notes
[edit]Like most Toba Batak verbs describing emotions, it takes the noun roha 'mind; feeling; disposition' as subject which itself is modified by the experiencer of the emotion as a possessor (e.g. rohangku 'my mind' in the usage example).
References
[edit]- Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landesdrukkerij, p. 96.