lelong

Inherited from Malay lelong, from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām), from Arabic أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama). Doublet of lelang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈleloŋ/ [ˈle.lɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -eloŋ
• Syllabification: le‧long

lelong (plural lelong-lelong)

1. (dialect West Kalimantan) used goods (especially clothing) that are still fit for use and resold at a price lower than the market price
   • 2023 March 23, “Polisi sosialisasikan larangan jual beli lelong di kawasan perbatasan”, in Antara Kalbar‎^[1]:

     Polres Bengkayang, Kalimantan Barat, gencar melakukan sosialisasi larangan jual beli lelong atau pakaian bekas hingga ke daerah kawasan perbatasan, Jagoi Babang.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “lelong”, 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

Borrowed from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām), from Arabic أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama).

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛloŋ/ [ˈlɛ.loŋ]
• Rhymes: -loŋ, -oŋ
• Hyphenation: le‧long

lelong (Jawi spelling ليلوڠ, plural lelong-lelong or lelong²)

1. auction (public sales event)
2. (Pontianak) thrift shop

• > Indonesian: lelong, lelang (inherited)
• → Min Nan: 黎壟 / 黎垄 (lê-lóng)

• "lelong" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Possibly a colloquial clipping of Spanish abuelo (“grandfather”) +‎ -ng. See also lelang, ninong, ninang, manong, manang, etc.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈleloŋ/ [ˈlɛː.loŋ]
• Rhymes: -eloŋ
• Syllabification: le‧long

lelong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. grandfather

   Synonyms: lolo, ingkong, mamay, apo, (dialectal) amama, (archaic) abwelo, (archaic) agwelo

   • 1907, Sofronion G. Calderon, Dating Pilipinas:

     Ang pang̃alan ng pangulo sa bawat balangay ay Dato na ang kahulugan sa wikang Malaya (ani Dr. de Tavera ay nuno ó lelong ano pa ng̃a't dito'y ating mapagninilay na ang ayos sa pámunuan ay isang pamumuno sa gulang̃an.

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• lelong-tanda

• “lelong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 36
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5

• Loleng