demang
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦼꦩꦁ (demang, “village head; court official title; customary law expert”), from Old Javanese dĕmaṅ, dĕmuṅ (“name of a functionary at the court”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dêmang (plural demang-demang, first-person possessive demangku, second-person possessive demangmu, third-person possessive demangnya)
- (historical) district head (first in Java and later in South and Central Sumatra).
- Synonyms: kepala distrik, wedana
Further reading[edit]
- “demang” 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.
Javanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
demang
- Romanization of ꦢꦼꦩꦁ
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese
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- Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/maŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/maŋ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/aŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/aŋ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ŋ/2 syllables
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