pelengkung
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed peng- + lengkung, borrowed from Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦼꦁꦏꦸꦁ (plengkung, “arch”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pələŋˈkuŋ/ [pə.ləŋˈkuŋ]
- Rhymes: -uŋ
- Syllabification: pe‧leng‧kung
Noun
pêlêngkung
- arch (an architectural element having the shape of an arch)
Descendants
- → Malay: pelengkung
Further reading
- “pelengkung”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian pelengkung, from Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦼꦁꦏꦸꦁ (plengkung).
Pronunciation
- (Johor) IPA(key): /pələŋˈkoŋ/ [pə.ləŋˈkoŋ]
- (Riau, Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /pələŋˈkuŋ/ [pə.ləŋˈkuŋ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧leng‧kung
Noun
pelengkung (Jawi spelling ڤلڠکوڠ, plural pelengkung-pelengkung)
Further reading
- “pelengkung”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Sundanese
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋkuŋ. Cognate with Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦼꦁꦏꦸꦁ (plengkung), Old Javanese pĕlĕṅkuṅ, Malay pelengkung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.ləŋˈkʊŋ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧leng‧kung
Noun
pelengkung (Sundanese script ᮕᮨᮜᮨᮀᮊᮥᮀ)
- arch
- Monumén 'Gateway Arch' di Amérika téh bentukna jiga pelengkung.
- The Gateway Arch monument in America is shaped like an arch.
Further reading
- "pelengkung" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
- "PĔLĔNGKOENG", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij