matang

• Hyphenation: ma‧tang

matang

1. a kind, a sort; a type, race or category
2. a species

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmataŋ/ [ˈma.t̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: ma‧tang

Borrowed from Betawi [Term?], from Javanese mateng (“mature, ripe”).

matang (comparative lebih matang, superlative paling matang)

1. ripe
   1. (of fruits) mature (ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection)

      Synonyms: masak, ranum

   2. (of foods) mellow (advanced to the state of fitness for use)

      Synonym: masak

   3. (figuratively) mature; perfected (having attained its full development)
   4. prepared (ready for action or effect).
   5. eager, ready, willing.
2. (of water) boiled

   Merebus air yang sudah matang apakah berbahaya?

   Is it dangerous reboil water?

   (literally, “Is it dangerous to boil water that is already boiled?”)

   Synonym: masak

3. certain, definite.
4. (figurative) completed, developed, finished.

   Synonym: selesai

• mateng

• → Malay: matang

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?] or Malay matang (“hog's-back; ridge of dry sandy soil in ricelands near the sea”).

matang (plural matang-matang)

1. high land located in the middle of a flat or swampy area

• “matang”, 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