banteng

English

Etymology

From Malay banteng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæn.tɛŋ/, /ˈbɑn.tɛŋ/

Noun

banteng (plural bantengs)

1. A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina peninsula.

Translations

Bos javanicus

• Finnish: bantengi
• German: Banteng m
• Indonesian: banteng (id)
• Italian: banteng
• Lao: ງົວແດງ (ngūa dǣng)
• Malay: banting / banteng (ms), tembadau
• Romanian: banteng (ro) m
• Russian: бантенг (ru) (banteng)
• Thai: วัวแดง (wuua-dɛɛng)

See also

• scrub bull

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay banting, banteng (Standard Malay banting), from Classical Malay بنتيڠ (banting), بنتيڠ (banteng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbantɛŋ]
• Hyphenation: ban‧tèng

Noun

bantèng (first-person possessive bantengku, second-person possessive bantengmu, third-person possessive bantengnya)

1. banteng (Bos javanicus).
2. bull

Derived terms

• adu banteng

 

Further reading

• “banteng” 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.

Malay

Alternative forms

• banting

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /banteŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bantɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -anteŋ, -teŋ, -eŋ

Noun

banteng

1. A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina peninsula.

Synonyms

• tembadau

Descendants

• Indonesian: banteng
• → English: banteng
• → German: Banteng
• → Italian: banteng
• → Russian: бантенг (banteng)