lanang

Balinese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese lanaṅ (“male”).

Noun

lanang (Balinese script ᬮᬦᬂ)

1. male

Further reading

• “lanang”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Betawi

Etymology

From Javanese lanang, from Old Javanese lanaṅ (“male”).

Noun

lanang

1. (Ora) male

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlanaŋ/ [ˈla.naŋ]
• Rhymes: -anaŋ
• Syllabification: la‧nang

Etymology 1

From Malay lanang.

Verb

lanang

1. to spin a rope using a weight tied at the end of it

Derived terms

• melanang

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦭꦤꦁ (lanang), from Old Javanese lanaṅ (“male”).

Noun

lanang (plural lanang-lanang)

1. (Java, colloquial) male, boy, man

Further reading

• “lanang”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

lanang

1. romanization of ꦭꦤꦁ

Musi

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦤꦁ (lanang), from Old Javanese lanaṅ (“male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːnaːŋ/
• Hyphenation: la‧nang

Noun

lanang

1. male