talang

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtalaŋ/ [ˈt̪a.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧lang

Inherited from Malay talang.

talang (plural talang-talang)

1. lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan); also leather jacket, doublespotted queenfish, leatherback, double-spotted queenfish, queenfish, skinny fish, giant dart, large-mouthed leatherskin, leatherskin, skinnyfish, St. Peter's leatherskin, white fish, or whitefish

Inherited from Malay talang (Batavia Malay), from Javanese talang (“bamboo pipe as water conduit”).

talang (plural talang-talang)

1. water conduit (gutter) in the roof
2. bamboo that holds a lot of water
3. sacred Bali bamboo, yellow bamboo (Schizostachyum brachycladum)

   Synonyms: bambu lemang, bambu talang, buluh lemang

Inherited from Malay talang (Singapore and Batavia Malay).

talang (plural talang-talang)

1. agent, broker, trader

   Synonyms: cengkau, makelar, pialang

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talang (plural talang-talang)

1. hamlet, small village

• “talang”, 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

From French talent.

• IPA^(key): /taˈlaŋ/

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talang c

1. talent (skill, ability)
2. a talent (talented person)

• talangfull
• talanglös

• talang in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• talang in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• talang in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• anlagt, langat

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtalaŋ/ [ˈt̪aː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧lang

From Proto-Philippine *talaŋ (“a tree: Diospyros spp”). Compare Gaddang talang, Ibanag talang, and Kapampangan talang. See also Cebuano talang (“be embarrassed”).

talang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔)

1. velvet apple (Diospyros blancoi, tree with hard dark-colored wood and hairy reddish fruit)

   Synonyms: mabulo, kamagong

2. (figurative) afterglow; reddish color of the sky and clouds during twilight
3. (figurative, obsolete) blush (pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talaŋ (“toss up, throw into the air”). Compare Maranao talang, Tausug tālang, and Ibino talang.

talang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔)

1. light, playful, repeated upward toss of something in the air (like tossing small rocks or a baby upward)

   Synonym: pasalo

talang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜅ᜔) (fishing)

1. lowering of a solid lead, tube-shaped device with four hooks and a loop at the base for tying a rope into a river or the sea

• “talang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “talang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*talaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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