banteng

English

Etymology

From Malay banteng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæn.tɛŋ/, /ˈbɑn.tɛŋ/

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Noun

banteng (plural bantengs)

1. A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina peninsula.

Translations

Bos javanicus

• Finnish: bantengi
• German: Banteng m
• Indonesian: banteng (id)
• Italian: banteng
• Lao: ງົວແດງ (ngūa dǣng)
• Malay: banting (ms) / banteng (ms), tembadau
• Romanian: banteng (ro) m
• Russian: бантенг (ru) (banteng)
• Thai: วัวแดง (wuua-dɛɛng)

See also

• scrub bull

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay banting, banteng (Standard Malay banting), from Classical Malay بنتيڠ (banting), بنتيڠ (banteng).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbantɛŋ/ [ˈban̪.t̪ɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -antɛŋ
• Syllabification: ban‧teng

Noun

bantèng (plural banteng-banteng)

1. banteng (Bos javanicus)
2. bull

Derived terms

• adu banteng

Further reading

• “banteng”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Noun

banteng (plural banteng-banteng or banteng²)

1. nonstandard form of banting

Descendants

• Indonesian: banteng
• → English: banteng
• → German: Banteng
• → Italian: banteng
• → Russian: бантенг (banteng)