langsat

English

langsats

Etymology

From Malay langsat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋ.sɑt/, /ˈlæŋ.sæt/

Noun

langsat (plural langsats)

1. The tree Lansium domesticum.

   Synonym: duku

2. A small, whitish-brown fruit of Southeast Asia, from the tree Lansium domesticum, with fleshy pulp and subacid taste.

   Synonym: duku

   • 2008 June 1, Mary Roach, “Beyond Harry & David”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He describes one variety of the stinking durian fruit as tasting like “undercooked peanut butter-mint omelets in body-odor sauce”; langsats are “tangy-sweet detonations of citric perfection”; biting into a monkey tamarind is “like eating cloud.”

   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 39:

     He always had a good time, and always would come home with a bunch of bananas or a basket of langsat and durian fruit, which would definitely make Mamek happy, as well as his mother and father.

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蘆菇 / 芦菇 (lou⁴ gu¹)

  Cantonese: 龍貢 / 龙贡 (lung⁴ gung³)

  Hokkien: 龍貢 / 龙贡, 龙贡 (liông-kòng)

  Hokkien: 蘭撒 / 兰撒 (lân-sat)

• Czech: lansat
• Dusun:

  Central Dusun: lansat

• Dutch: langsat (nl)
• Indonesian: langsat (id)
• Japanese: ランサ (ransa)
• Khmer: លាំងសាត (km) (lĕəngsaat)
• Korean: 랑삿 (rangsat)
• Malay: langsat (ms)

  Brunei Malay: langsat

• Russian: лангсaт m (langsat)
• Spanish: lanzón
• Tagalog: lansones
• Thai: ลองกอง (lɔɔng-gɔɔng), ลางสาด (th) (laang-sàat), ดูกู (duu-guu)
• Tok Pisin: lansang
• Vietnamese: bòn bon (vi), dâu da đất, lòn bon

Anagrams

• alangst

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋsat/
• Hyphenation: lang‧sat

Noun

langsat

1. langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay langsat.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

langsat m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay langsat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋsat/ [ˈlaŋ.sat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aŋsat
• Syllabification: lang‧sat

Noun

langsat (plural langsat-langsat)

1. langsat; a cultivar of the tree Lansium domesticum
2. fruit of this tree

Usage notes

There are 3 terms for L. domesticum cultivars in Indonesian: duku, langsat and kokosan.

Alternative forms

• langsep
• lansat

Further reading

• “langsat”, 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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋsat/ [ˈlaŋ.sat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: lang‧sat

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at

Noun

langsat (Jawi spelling لڠست, plural langsat-langsat or langsat²)

1. langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)

Descendants

• Indonesian: langsat
• → Dutch: langsat
• → English: langsat
• → Japanese: ランサ (ransa)
• → Khmer: លាំងសាត (lĕəngsaat)
• → Korean: 랑삿 (rangsat)
• → Min Nan: 蘭撒／兰撒 (lân-sat)
• → Russian: лангсат (langsat)
• → Thai: ลางสาด (laang-sàat)
• → Tok Pisin: lansang

Further reading

• "langsat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017