undang

Balinese

Etymology

Cognate of Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦁ (undhang), Malay undang. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /un.daŋ/
• Rhymes: -undaŋ
• Hyphenation: un‧dang

Noun

undang (Balinese script ᬳᬸᬦ᭄ᬥᬂ)

1. law

Further reading

• “undang”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈundaŋ/ [ˈun.daŋ]
• Rhymes: -undaŋ
• Syllabification: un‧dang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay undang. Compare to Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦁ (undang).

Verb

undang (active mengundang, passive diundang)

1. (transitive) to invite (to ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Derived terms

• mengundang
• pengundang
• undangan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay undang. Compare to Balinese undang and Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦁ (undhang).

Noun

undang

1. (archaic) law

Derived terms

• berundang
• diundangkan
• mengundangkan
• pengundang-undang
• perundang-undangan
• undang-undang
• undangan

Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay undang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀudaŋ (“old, of people”). Cognate of Tagalog gulang.

Noun

undang (plural undang-undang)

1. (archaic) headman

Further reading

• “undang”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

undang

1. romanization of ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦁ

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ.

Noun

undang

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)
2. lobster