musang
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]musang (plural musangs)
- The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), of South and Southeast Asia up to the Wallace Line.
Synonyms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Bau Bidayuh
[edit]Noun
[edit]musang
- civet (cat-like animal)
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay musang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ (“civet cat, Viverridae”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]musang (first-person possessive musangku, second-person possessive musangmu, third-person possessive musangnya)
- civet (cat-sized animal)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “musang” 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.
Malay
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Malayan_Civet_%2814154535152%29.jpg/220px-Malayan_Civet_%2814154535152%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ (“civet cat and similar small predatory mammals of the family Viverridae”). Cognate with Tagalog musang.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]musang (Jawi spelling موسڠ, plural musang-musang, informal 1st possessive musangku, 2nd possessive musangmu, 3rd possessive musangnya)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: musang
- Indonesian: musang
- → Chinese: 貓山王/猫山王 (māoshānwáng)
- → English: mao shan wang
Further reading
[edit]- “musang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *musaŋ
Categories:
- English terms derived from Malay
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Viverrids
- Bau Bidayuh lemmas
- Bau Bidayuh nouns
- sne:Mammals
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Mammals
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/usaŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/saŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/aŋ
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Canids
- ms:Foxes
- ms:Mammals