galangan

• Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ngan

galangan

1. the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
2. a variety of carambola tree that bears small fruits
3. the fruit of this tree

Affixation of galang +‎ -an.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaŋan/ [ɡaˈlaŋ.an]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: ga‧lang‧an

galangan (plural galangan-galangan)

1. dry dock, slip.
2. shipyard.

Affixation of galang +‎ -an.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaŋan/ [ɡaˈlaŋ.an]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: ga‧lang‧an

galangan (plural galangan-galangan)

1. rice field embankments

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaŋan/ [ɡaˈlaŋ.an]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: ga‧lang‧an

galangan (plural galangan-galangan)

1. the part that is pressed on the body of the bullet that has been fired

• “galangan”, 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