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pelangi

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Betawi

Etymology

From Malay or Indonesian pelangi.

Noun

pelangi

(rare) synonym of bianglala (“rainbow”)

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pelangi

rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pelangi,

from pelang ("striped"), thus doublet of belang. ^[1]
Apocope of pelangit, thus can be reconstructed as pe- +‎ langit. ^[2]

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈlaŋi/ [pəˈla.ŋi]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aŋi
Syllabification: pe‧la‧ngi

Noun

pelangi (plural pelangi-pelangi)

rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
Synonyms: bianglala, keluwung, kuwung-kuwung, teja
(figuratively) colorful (diverse colors)
(figuratively) colorful cloth or shawl
(by extension) the rainbowfish (freshwater fish within the family Melanotaeniidae)

Derived terms

Affixations

Compounds

References

^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
^ 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 elision of sound at the end of a word, for example pelangi (from pelangit), presiden (from president)”

Further reading

“pelangi”, 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

Related to pelang (“striped”), doublet of belang. ^[1]

Pronunciation

(Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pəˈlaŋi/ [pəˈla.ŋi]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
Rhymes: -aŋi, -ŋi, -i
Hyphenation: pe‧la‧ngi

Adjective

pelangi (comparative lebih pelangi, superlative paling pelangi)

(figuratively) colorful: Possessing prominent and varied colors.^[2]

Noun

pelangi (Jawi spelling ڤلاڠي, plural pelangi-pelangi or pelangi²)

rainbow^[2] (multicoloured arch in the sky)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelangi

Derived terms

Affixations

berpelangi

Compounds

geng pelangi (“LGBT supporters and advocacy groups”)
pelangi bulan (“lunar rainbow”)
pelangi kabut (“fogbow”)
pelangi sekelamin (“double rainbow”)
pokok pelangi

Descendants

> Indonesian: pelangi (inherited)

References

^ cf. "belang", "pelang" & "pelangi" in Wilkinson, Richard James (1901). A Malay-English Dictionary. London: Kelly & Walsh Limited. pp. 110, 466-467
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “pelangi”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

Further reading

“pelangi”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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