alaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ (“obstruct, lie across or athwart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.laŋ/
• Rhymes: -laŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧laṅ

Root

alaṅ

1. Alternative spelling of halaṅ (“across”)
2. thick grass

Derived terms

• alaṅ-alaṅ
• palaṅ-alaṅan

 

Noun

alaṅ

1. Alternative spelling of halaṅ (“weapon”)

Further reading

• "alaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.