pelangi

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Brunei Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /p(ə)laŋi/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi

Noun

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pelangi

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay pelangi,

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pəˈla.ŋi/, [pəˈla.ŋi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋi, -ŋi, -i
  • Hyphenation: pê‧la‧ngi

Noun

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pelangi

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
    Synonym: kuwung-kuwung
  2. (figuratively) colorful (diverse colors)
  3. (figuratively) colorful cloth or shawl
  4. (figuratively) colorful fish

Derived terms

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Compounds

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Noun

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pelangi

  1. (zoology) Rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris)
    Synonyms: ular mengiang, ular pelangi

References

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  1. ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
  2. ^ Yus Badudu (2003) Kamus kata-kata serapan asing dalam bahasa Indonesia [Dictionary of foreign loanwords in Indonesian] (in Indonesian), →ISBN, page 26:apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Yun) Ling penghilangan bunyi pd akhir kata, msl pelangi (dr pelangit), presiden (dr president)apokope /apokopé/, (Lat.Gre) Ling ellision of sound at the end of a word, for example pelangi (from pelangit), presiden (from president)

Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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Related to pelang ("striped"), doublet of belang. [1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pelangi (Jawi spelling ڤلاڠي, plural pelangi-pelangi, informal 1st possessive pelangiku, 2nd possessive pelangimu, 3rd possessive pelanginya)

  1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: pelangi

References

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  1. ^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467

Further reading

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