palingan

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of paling +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /paˈleŋŋan/ [paˈleŋ.ŋan]
  • (Baku)
    • IPA(key): /paˈliŋŋan/ [paˈliŋ.ŋan] (Singapore, descriptive)
    • IPA(key): /paˈliŋan/ [paˈli.ŋan] (spelling-based, prescriptive)
  • Syllabification: pa‧li‧ngan
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ling‧an

Noun

palingan (Jawi spelling ڤاليڠن, uncountable)

  1. something or someone that is easy to be swayed (influenced)

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