bantal

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bantal/
• Hyphenation: ban‧tal

Noun

bantal

1. pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)

Hyponyms

• bantal paluk (“bolster”)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Indonesian

bantal

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bantal, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbantal/ [ˈban.t̪al]

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• Rhymes: -antal
• Syllabification: ban‧tal

Noun

bantal (plural bantal-bantal)

1. pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)

Derived terms

• bantal-bantal
• bantalan
• berbantal
• membantalkan
• memperbantal

• bantal golek
• bantal guling
• bantal kampuh
• bantal kursi
• bantal menyusui
• bantal peang
• bantal peluk
• bantal seraga
• bantal sofa
• bantal suari
• bantal udara

Further reading

• “bantal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦧꦤ꧀ꦠꦭ
Pegon
Roman

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese bantal (“a bundle of cloth”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).

Noun

bantal (krama ngoko bantal)

1. pillow

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbantal/ [ˈban.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -antal, -ntal, -al

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantal (“bundle of cloth or clothes”).

Noun

bantal (Jawi spelling بنتل, plural bantal-bantal)

1. pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)
2. measurement of the amount of thread

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bantal-bantal [reduplication] (redup)
• berbantal [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berbantalkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• alas bantal (“pillowcase”)
• bantal budak (“child's pillow; a type of disease for woman who has just given birth”)
• bantal galang (“bolster; pillow”)
• bantal golek (“bolster”)
• bantal guling (“bolster”)
• bantal kepala (“pillow”)
• bantal lutut (“bolster”)
• bantal peluk (“bolster”)
• bantal sandar (“back pillow; neck pillow; wedge pillow”)
• bantal seraga (“embroidered round pillow”)
• bantal suari (“embroidered round pillow; square pillow with holes (as decoration);”)
• cermin bantal (“small mirror on embroidered round pillow”)
• lava bantal (“pillow lava”)
• salah bantal (“neckache after waking up from sleep”)
• sampul bantal (“pillow wrapping cloth”)
• sarung bantal (“pillowcase”)
• struktur bantal (“pillow-like structure”)
• susur bantal (“the side of pillow”)
• tikar bantal (“mat and pillow”)
• tutup bantal (“the tip of a pillow decorated with embroidery”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: bantal (inherited)

Etymology 2

Possibly from the clipping of ular danu berbantal.

Noun

bantal (Jawi spelling بنتل, plural bantal-bantal)

1. (Perak, obsolete) rainbow

   Synonym: pelangi

Further reading

• “bantal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bantal”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tiruray

Noun

bantal

1. floor joist