lengan

See also: Lengan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lengan, from Proto-Malayic *ləŋən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən (“forearm; lower arm”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈŋan/ [ləˈŋan]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: le‧ngan

Noun

lêngan (plural lengan-lengan)

1. (anatomy) arm
2. arm (a similar part found in a sofa, etc.)

   Jangka sorong terdiri atas dua lengan, yaitu lengan utama dan lengan geser.

   Vernier calipers consist of two arms, namely the main arm and the sliding arm.

3. forelimb (the anterior limb (or equivalent appendage) of an animal)

   Synonym: kaki depan

   Coordinate term: kaki belakang

Derived terms

Affixation

• berlengan

Compounds

• lengan atas
• lengan baju
• lengan balon
• lengan bawah
• lengan beban
• lengan dolman
• lengan epolet
• lengan gantung
• lengan gembung
• lengan hasta
• lengan jangkar
• lengan jas
• lengan kabuki
• lengan kait
• lengan kaki domba
• lengan kelelawar
• lengan kemeja
• lengan kimono
• lengan kopel
• lengan kuasa
• lengan lentera
• lengan manset
• lengan melon
• lengan momentum
• lengan neraca
• lengan pagoda
• lengan paha domba
• lengan pendek
• lengan puncak
• lengan raglan
• lengan sayap
• lengan sayap kelelawar
• lengan sederhana
• lengan setali
• lengan suai
• lengan tiga perempat
• lengan tulip
• lengan uskup

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ləŋən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən (“forearm; lower arm”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ləˈŋan/ [ləˈŋan]
• Rhymes: -ŋan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

lengan (Jawi spelling لڠن, plural lengan-lengan or lengan²)

1. (anatomy) arm
2. arm (a similar part found in a sofa, etc.)

Derived terms

Affixations

• berlengan (“having arms; having sleeves”)

Compounds

• buah lengan (“biceps”)
• lengan atas (“upper arm”)
• lengan baju (“sleeve”)
• lengan bawah (“forearm”)
• pangkal lengan (“upper arm”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: lengan (inherited)

Further reading

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

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną. Equivalent to lang +‎ -an. Cognate with Old Norse lengja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlen.jɑn/, [ˈlen.d͡ʒɑn]

Verb

lenġan

1. to make or become long; extend, lengthen
2. to protract, delay
3. to pertain, belong

Conjugation

Conjugation of lenġan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	lenġan	lenġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	lenġe	lengde
second person singular	lenġest, lengst	lengdest
third person singular	lenġeþ, lengþ	lengde
plural	lenġaþ	lengdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	lenġe	lengde
plural	lenġen	lengden
imperative
singular	lenġ
plural	lenġaþ
participle	present	past
	lenġende	(ġe)lenġed

Related terms

• ġelenġe

Descendants

• Middle English: lengen
  • English: linge
  • Scots: ling

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “lengan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.