belanga

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay belanga, from Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈlaŋa/ [bəˈla.ŋa]
  • Rhymes: -aŋa
  • Syllabification: be‧la‧nga

Noun

bêlanga (plural belanga-belanga)

  1. (cooking) cauldron, earthenware cooking pot
    Synonym: kuali

Derived terms

  • sebelanga

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa (shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlaŋa/ [bəˈla.ŋa]

Noun

belanga (plural belanga-belanga or belanga2)

  1. (cooking) cauldron, cooking vessels (usually out of earthenware)
    Synonyms: kuali, periuk, kawah

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: belanga
  • North Moluccan Malay: balanga

Further reading

  • "belanga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI