lontar

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Balinese lontar, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Indonesian lontar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Javanese rontal.

Noun

lontar (plural lontars or lontar)

1. The palmyra, or leaves of this tree as used for manuscripts in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
   • 1990, Fred B. Eiseman, Jr., Bali: Sekala and Niskala, Tuttle Publishing, p. 128:

     The nature of these powers is written in the sacred palms leaf books, the lontars, in which all sacred Balinese writings are preserved.

   • 2000, Raechelle Rubinstein, Beyond the Realm of the Senses, p. 26:

     The technology of lontar writing in Bali, on the other hand, has never severely impeded the circulation of texts.

Anagrams

• latron, tornal