ranting

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English rant

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-andz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

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Middle English -yngeinflu.

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English ranting

From rant + -ing.

Adjective

ranting (comparative more ranting, superlative most ranting)

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Derived terms

• rantingly

Verb

ranting

1. present participle and gerund of rant

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English rant

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-gō

Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English ranting

From rant + -ing.

Noun

ranting (countable and uncountable, plural rantings)

1. (countable) A long, angry, and impassioned speech.
2. (uncountable) The act or process of delivering a rant.

Anagrams

• ign'rant

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ranting.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrantiŋ/ [ˈran̪.t̪ɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -antiŋ
• Syllabification: ran‧ting

Noun

ranting (plural ranting-ranting)

1. twig (on a tree)
2. branch of an organization in village level

Holonyms

• pohon

Further reading

• “ranting”, 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

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈranteŋ/ [ˈran̪.t̪eŋ]
  • Rhymes: -anteŋ, -eŋ

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈrantiŋ/ [ˈran̪.t̪iŋ]
  • Rhymes: -antiŋ, -iŋ
• Hyphenation: ran‧ting

Noun

ranting (Jawi spelling رنتيڠ, plural ranting-ranting)

1. twig, small branch

   cerita ranting ― a form of story telling in Kelantanese wayang kulit based on or spun off characters and settings of the main original story (cerita pokok)

   1. (Riau) branch of an organization in village level

Verb

ranting (Jawi spelling رنتيڠ)

1. informal infinitive of meranting
   1. to branch

      Synonyms: cabang, cawang

   2. to stretch upwards
   3. to prune

Descendants

• > Indonesian: ranting (inherited)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “رنتيڠ ranting”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 10
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “رنتيڠ ranting”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 340
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “ranting”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 314

Further reading

• "ranting" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "ranting" at PRPM first version)