batang

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

Noun

batang

1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches

Verb

batang

1. to lie prostrate

Anagrams

• atbang, tabang

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay batang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataŋ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

Noun

batang

1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches
2. a rod; a straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
3. a branch, any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
4. classifier for log, rod or something like log or rod.
5. a river

Derived terms

• batangan
• berbatang
• membatang
• sebatang

 

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataŋ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧tang

Noun

batang

1. (archaic) corpse

Further reading

• “batang” 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.

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bataŋ/
• Rhymes: -ataŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ

Noun

batang

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

• alir
• alur
• bengawan
• ci
• kali
• sungai
• wai