belanga

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay belanga, from Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (“shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlaŋa/ [bəˈla.ŋa]
• Rhymes: -aŋa
• Syllabification: be‧la‧nga

Noun

bêlanga (plural belanga-belanga)

1. (cooking) cauldron, earthenware cooking pot

   Synonym: kuali

Derived terms

• sebelanga

Further reading

• “belanga” 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.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (“shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlaŋa/ [bəˈla.ŋa]

Noun

belanga (plural belanga-belanga)

1. (cooking) cauldron, cooking vessels.

   Synonyms: kuali, periuk, kawah

Derived terms

• periuk belanga
• Telok Blangah

Descendants

• Indonesian: belanga
• North Moluccan Malay: balanga

Further reading

• “belanga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI