belang

From Middle Dutch belanc, from belangen. Compare English belong.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: be‧lang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

belang n (plural belangen, diminutive belangetje n)

1. interest, concern

   het algemeen belang

   the public interest

2. importance, significance

   Synonym: belangrijkheid

• belangeloos
• belangrijk
• belangstelling
• levensbelang

• → Sranan Tongo: belan

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlaŋ/

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belang

1. singular imperative of belangen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of belangen

Inherited from Malay belang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈlaŋ/ [bəˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: be‧lang

belang (plural belang-belang)

1. spot
2. stripe
3. mottle
4. patch
5. speck
6. bot, spot, stain

belang (comparative lebih belang, superlative paling belang)

1. variegated
2. spotted, blemished.
3. striped.
4. blemish, blot, spot, stain.
5. true (color)
6. mottle
7. patch
8. speck

Borrowed from Ambonese Malay [Term?].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbelaŋ/ [ˈbe.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -elaŋ
• Syllabification: be‧lang

belang (plural belang-belang)

1. a large or medium-sized traditional boat, without outriggers, can accommodate twenty people, usually has a special symbol such as a rooster or turtle to indicate the owner's identity [since 2024]

• balang

Borrowed from Totoli [Term?].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbelaŋ/ [ˈbe.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -elaŋ
• Syllabification: be‧lang

belang (plural belang-belang)

1. fighting cats

• “belang”, 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

From Proto-Batak *bəlag, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj.

• IPA^(key): /bəlaŋ/

belang

1. broad

bəlaŋ^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bəlaŋ/

belang (Jawi spelling بلڠ, comparative lebih belang, superlative paling belang)

1. striped

belang

1. belong

belang

1. string-bag^[1]